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

Share this articleTORONTO - North American markets all closed higher on a broad-based rally fuelled by a positive outlook on China and the U.S. reaching a trade agreement.The S&P/TSX composite index gained 115.23 points to end at 14,783.06.In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 157.03 points at 24,527.27. The S&P 500 index was up 14.29 at 2,651.07 while the Nasdaq composite was up...Read More

Share this articleTORONTO - Canada's main stock index surged higher in late-morning trading, fuelled by the key energy, financial, industrial and materials sectors.The S&P/TSX composite index was up 186.15 points at 14,853.98.In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 342.22 points at 24,712.46. The S&P 500 index was up 39.16 points at 2,675.94, while the Nasdaq composite was up 140.03 p...Read More

(IDEX Online) - De Beers has raised its forecast for output for this year to 35 million to 36 million carats, the highest level in a decade since demand was battered by the global financial crisis of 2008. The figure was revised upwards from 34 million to 36 million carats.   The updated figure compares with production of 33.5 million carats in 2017, according to a press statement from Anglo...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A little more than a month before the start of the winter edition of the Vicenzaoro show, which takes place from January 18th to 23, the Italian Exhibition Group S.p.A. (IEG) has unveiled the new brand identity of the exhibition which is to be officially launched at the fair.   FutureBrand, a brand consultancy company, was selected by IEG to rebrand the show and has done so al...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The Canadian Jewellers Association (CJA) has announced changes to its management personnel, with Executive Director, Brian Land leaving the role and the Association following the completion of his scheduled 18-month contract.   He will continue to be involved with the CJA as a freelance writer, while Carla Adams, currently a manager in the Association office, will discharge t...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Online diamond bridal jewelry retailer JamesAllen.com has officially opened its new brick and mortar retail store in Georgetown, Washington DC.   The firm said the store offers an OmniChannel experience by providing a new, complementary way for JamesAllen.com customers to explore, research, and purchase its products.   JamesAllen.com was acquired last year by Signet Jewe...Read More

(IDEX Online) - In the third departure of a senior figure in less than a year, Dominion Diamond Corp Chief Executive Officer Patrick Evans left the company last week.   Evans left on December 5, but will remain as an adviser to the Canadian miner until the end of next year. He is being replaced by COO Shane Durgin.   Evans was named as CEO 13 months ago following the company's acqui...Read More

PolarX builds bigger, richer Zackly pictureSPONSOREDpolar x limitedCEO Mark Cutifani told a briefing for investors and analysts Tuesday he was confident about the company's outlook, with Anglo's production expected to be 2% higher than the full-year 2018 guidan...Read More

Waterton bought 912,763 Hudbay common shares on the open market at C$6.4973 for a total investment of $5.93 million.It previously expressed opposition to Hudbay's commitment to any further mergers and acquisitions, saying the company had enough quality projects to create significant shareholder value.Waterton had requisitioned a special meeting of shareholders on October 23, to have sharehold...Read More

Today we trample sacred ground... trumpet a message of heresy... and offend the wrathful gods.In 2001, academic Hans-Hermann Hoppe scribbled a book bearing the soaring title Democracy: The God That Failed. Hoppe's work is a sharpened spear levelled against that holiest of secular divinities.Hoppe's primary tort against democracy?It wastes. It exhausts its capital. It forever takes the short view....Read More

The buck stops here, said Truman.But Trump says it stops with the next fellow in line. Let it be the next president's toothache.Last year administration bean counters unfurled a worrisome chart before the president…It revealed an approaching "hockey stick"-pattern spike in the national debt - but only after a possible second Trump term had concluded.Came the president's response, according t...Read More

Even more than our education, our habits reflect our lives. Habits are very easy to develop and very hard to break, and once they’re developed, they control our behavior-sometimes in ways that we don’t even recognize. Often these bad habits lead to other bad habits. It’s a vicious cycle.For instance, many people want to be in shape. In fact, we're only a few weeks away from that...Read More

ALAMOS, MEXICO - Thanks to a late rain, it's unusually green on the Sierra de Alamos as we drive onto Minaurum Gold's (TSXV: MGG; US-OTC: MMRGF) Alamos silver property in late November 2018. We enter via the small town of La Aduana - an old mining town, where the Spanish settled when they came to the region in the 1600s.The Alamos project is in the southern part of Mexico's Sonora State. Minaurum...Read More

Sustained investment in people a big plus for consultancySPONSOREDbyrnecutMahenge the Cinderella of the graphite space?SPONSOREDblack rock miningSky is the limit for BSK at Amarillo GrandeSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumNew Energy brings experience to new dawnSPONSOREDnew energy mineralsIt is that time of year again where we all put our brains on idle and suspend belief for a bit - and it is most relaxin...Read More

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The Mining Charter has significant room for improvement to enable meaningful participation of women in mining, says Women in Mining South Africa (WiMSA) chairperson Lindiwe Nakedi.Soweto-born Nakedi, who owns Gubhani Exploration – a surface exploration drilling company that is currently the only 100% black women owned drilling company in South Africa...Read More

“Sorry, your card was declined.”What the….!?!?I was at the hospital cafeteria picking up some food for my little man who broke his arm this weekend. And for some reason my card wouldn’t go through. Was I really out of money?The holidays can be stressful trying to make sure you cross everyone off on your shopping list. And then if you throw in some unexpected expenses like a...Read More

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SoulCycle is offering one lucky winner a 20 class pack to their Yaletown studio in Vancouver or King Street Studio in Toronto.Read full newsRead More

SoulCycle is offering one lucky winner a 20 class pack to their Yaletown studio in Vancouver or King Street Studio in Toronto.Read full newsRead More

BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A rise in small-scale illegal gold mining ...Read full newsRead More