The AOCE and WB have moderate overall forecasts for the metals in 2025 inline with IMF forecasts for a decline in economic growth and inflation, although we see the probability of a stagflationary scenario as still reasonably high.Read More

The past year was a difficult one overall for the metals, with the main standouts to the upside being a geopolitical risk-driven gain in gold, a China-driven rise in iron ore and a surge in uranium on broadening global support for nuclear power (Figure 1). A jump in global interest rates to near two-decade highs saw recession fears persist all year, and while one still did not actually eru...Read More

This year the post-global health crisis boom was brought to an end by a surge in inflation to forty-year highs, a major rise in global interest rates in an attempt to curb the rising prices and surging geopolitical risk after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. While precious metals held up reasonably well as markets turned to them as a risk hedge, by Q2/22 the higher interest rates put an end t...Read More

Chile is the world leader in copper production, at 28.5% of the total in 2020, and this looks set to continue, with the country having the largest global reserves, at 23.0% of total. It is also the global leader for molybdenum, which is often found along with copper, and is a major lithium player, holding 51.1% of global reserves. Read More

Newfoundland has become a gold exploration hotspot over the past few years, with the sector seeing some of its strongest activity ever. While the province remains a small contributor to Canadian gold production, it has a substantial mineral industry well supported by the government, focused on iron ore, copper and nickel, and the surge in exploration suggests that gold output from the...Read More

Nevada is the core of the U.S. gold output, accounting for by far the majority, at 75.4% on average for the past year. The state looks set to remain a dominant player in U.S. gold, as it accounts for 49% of total U.S. reserves, with Alaska slightly ahead with 51% of reserves, but just 8.6% of current production. The U.S. accounts for 6.1% of global gold output, making Nevada one of the largest gol...Read More

The Golden Triangle in northwestern British Columbia has historically been a major site of Canadian gold production, beginning as early as the mid 1800s. There was a wave of production in the 1990s which cooled as the gold price declined, but larger scale production resumed in 2017, and the area has seen surging exploration interest over the past year, given that the region has some of the largest...Read More

In this report we outline the Quebec gold mining industry, including its major producers, and a survey of many of the junior miners focused on the province. Quebec accounts for 34% of Canadian gold production (second to Ontario, with 44%) and remains a major focus for both producers and junior miners.Read More

Red Lake has been one of the most prolific gold mining districts in Canada and the world, with exploration having started in the 1920s, and production, which began in the 1930s, continuing to the present day. The district is known for the high grade of its gold, its infrastructure, and strong institutional support, given the long history of mining in the area.Read More

Chile's President Sebasti??n Pi??era announced this week the appointment of Robert Mayne-Nicholls as the new Vice President of the National Mining Company, known for its initials in Spanish Enami.Enami is the state-owned mining development corporation that supports small and medium-sized mines with technical and financial support and by buying and processing their mineral. Up until December 2018,...Read More

Chile's President Sebasti??n Pi??era announced this week the appointment of Robert Mayne-Nicholls as the new Vice President of the National Mining Company, known for its initials in Spanish Enami.Enami is the state-owned mining development corporation that supports small and medium-sized mines with technical and financial support and by buying and processing their mineral. Up until December 2018,...Read More

A team of researchers from Imperial College London developed a technique to print silver, gold and platinum onto natural fabrics.Up till now, metals were printed onto fabrics by coating them with plastic. The new approach, however, allows metal inks to cover entire fibres rather than simply coating the surface of the fabric.In a media brief, the researchers explained that to coat the fibres, they...Read More

A team of researchers from Imperial College London developed a technique to print silver, gold and platinum onto natural fabrics.Up till now, metals were printed onto fabrics by coating them with plastic. The new approach, however, allows metal inks to cover entire fibres rather than simply coating the surface of the fabric.In a media brief, the researchers explained that to coat the fibres, they...Read More

Newmont Mining plans to acquire smaller rival Goldcorp for $10 billion in the biggest-ever acquisition in the gold sector.Read full newsRead More

(IDEX Online) - The winter edition of the Vicenzaoro show opened on Friday, with the overarching theme being 'sustainable creativity'.   Ugo Ravanelli, the Managing Director of the organizer, the Italian Exhibition Group, said that sustainable creativity is no longer a trend but the direction in which the whole sector is heading. "At Vicenzaoro, we will be dealing with the theme in...Read More

PolarX builds bigger, richer Zackly pictureSPONSOREDpolar x limitedElement 25 targeting clean entry into high-growth marketSPONSOREDelement 25Tabeart, the former senior WMC executive who's headed PolarX for the past 18 months, is confident investors will get a higher definition view of the upside at Alaska Range in the coming months as the company adds high-value data to its exploration and resour...Read More

Newmont Mining plans to acquire smaller rival Goldcorp for $10 billion in the biggest-ever acquisition in the gold sector.Read full newsRead More

The company reported that its Mongolian operation has exceeded its copper guidance for 2018 by 2.6 percent at 159,100 tonnes.Read full newsRead More

Newmont Mining plans to acquire smaller rival Goldcorp for $10 billion in the biggest-ever acquisition in the gold sector.Read full newsRead More

Editor’s note: This story was previously published in September 2018. It has since been republished and updated with new information.The potential to become wealthy often means investing in an enterprise when it is small and waiting for the entity to grow large. For this reason, many investors are willing to take chances on what they believe to be hot penny stocks. Investors in these stocks...Read More

With one bold pick to represent each of the four chosen industries of energy, banking, metals and mining, and tech, these undervalued companies are a solid place to start if you want to put together a first-time investment portfolio or if you want to stack some decently valued stocks in a pre-existing portfolio of assets, including a TFSA or retirement fund.The energy stockSelling at a 43% discoun...Read More

GeoMega Resources (TSXV: GMA) president and CEO Kiril Mugerman discusses the problems with the current mining and processing of rare earth elements (REEs) that are critical to making rare earth magnets used in advanced technology, such as clean power generation, smartphones and electric vehicles.Over the past five years, his Montreal-based firm has developed a proprietary, clean rare earths separa...Read More

Kirk Woodman, vice president of exploration at Progress Mineral Mining Company, was found deceased 100 kilometers from where he was abducted.Read full newsRead More

Newmont Mining plans to acquire smaller rival Goldcorp for $10 billion in the biggest-ever acquisition in the gold sector.Read full newsRead More

Failure of gold to break and trade over $1304 by the 25th of January will result in fatigue and a fall to $1272 and $1256. This is just a technical view. However sharp dips should be used to invest with a trailing stop loss below $1230 for the end of April and a price target over $1410. The reason for the above cautious view (despite being very bullish on gold even at the current price of $129...Read More

Failure of gold to break and trade over $1304 by the 25th of January will result in fatigue and a fall to $1272 and $1256. This is just a technical view. However sharp dips should be used to invest with a trailing stop loss below $1230 for the end of April and a price target over $1410. The reason for the above cautious view (despite being very bullish on gold even at the current price of $129...Read More

Positive U.S.-China trade headlines fueled the risk-on tradingStocks sailed into the long weekend with a big win, as a fresh batch of U.S.-China trade headlines fueled investors' appetite for risk -- and offset a negative earnings reaction for Netflix (NFLX). The Dow added more than 300 points as trade-sensitive Caterpillar (CAT) climbed and oil major Chevron (CVX) surged on a big bull note, while...Read More

Deal with Mercuria Energy canned after 12 monthsRead full newsRead More

With the mass layoffs and plant closures that have hit since, we suspect this will not continue.Read full newsRead More