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

Nov 27 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 9 points lower at 7,027 points on Tuesday, according to financial bookmakers.* OIL: Oil markets were trading cautiously on Tuesday, with mixed signals from top exporter Saudi Arabia ahead of an OPEC meeting in Austria next week. International Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 were down 0.3 percent at $60.30 per barrel as at 0530 GMT. GO...Read More

Over the course of the past few months, we've been hearing more and more about the growing crisis emerging from the oil-rich province of Alberta. Specifically, Canada's pipelines are heavily backed up and at capacity and unable to meet the growing demand to reach refineries within the U.S.Additionally, a growing discontent from just about anywhere outside of Alberta towards building pipelines to r...Read More

Russel Metals Inc. (TSX:RUS), is once again hitting 52-week lows. The Canadian metal manufacturer has been under pressure from a variety of sources which has caused the stock to sell off significantly over the last couple of weeks. This stock has a number of positive attributes that could potentially make it a value investors dream.The fact that the oil price, especially in Canada, has been under...Read More

Investors responded, sending the little-traded Altus' share price up 6.8% to 3.8p (US4.85c).The boost came from rock chip sampling at the Simret prospect, which is part of the Daro VMS project.The highest numbers from the 31-sample programme were 944g/t and 540g/t silver, and 3.55g/t gold.Altus CEO Steve Poulton said the numbers showed the possibilities of the region's copper-gold-silver mineralis...Read More

The reduced rate of steel production and falling profitability is being blamed by China's steel mills on the US versus China trade war which is starting to hit construction and manufacturing, tw...Read More

Logging diamond drill core at the Hank Project in B.C.'s Golden Triangle region. Source: Golden Ridge Resources Ltd.Golden Ridge Resources Ltd. [GLDN-TSXV] shares were active again Wednesday November 28 after the company reported additional assay results from drilling on the Williams Zone at its Hank Project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle District.The stock was down 31.03% or $0.045 to 10 c...Read More

Madsen Mine portal and ramp entrance, Red Lake, Ontario. Source: Pure Gold Mining Inc.Pure Gold Mining Inc. [PGM-TSXV] said Wednesday November 28 that it is pleased with the results of a test mining program which has now been completed at its 100%-owned Madsen Gold Project in Red Lake, Ontario.Pure Gold shares advanced on the news, rising 5.45% or $0.03 to 58 cents. The 52-week range is 46 cents a...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Registration for the next International Diamond Week in Israel (IDWI), to be held January 28 - 30, 2019, is proceeding at a brisk pace, according to the Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) which is organizing the event.   The IDE noted that buyers had registered from all over the world, and included a high percentage of new participants. Moreover, official delegations are being org...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. reported that production guidance for the for the Gahcho Ku?(C) Mine in the three-year period 2019 to 2021 provides evidence of "a sustainable and smooth mining rate as the mine performance maintains a steady state".   For fiscal year 2019, 6.6 million carats - 6.9 million carats were recovered, with production costs of $110 - $120 per tonne pro...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Zimbabwe does not plan to change its ownership rules for diamonds, its mining minister said on Monday, hitting hopes among some investors of a more friendly approach.   The country's indigenization law states that the government must hold 51% of diamond and platinum mines.   Zimbabwe changed its empowerment law in March limiting the rules that mandate majority state...Read More

(IDEX Online) - CEDEX, the first certified Blockchain based diamond exchange that focuses on bridging the gap between the traditional diamond industry and the innovative financial markets, has launched the beta version of its diamond commodity exchange.   The move comes seven months after raising more than $20 million in an Initial Coin Offering (ICO).   CEDEX says it platform connects...Read More

PolarX builds bigger, richer Zackly pictureSPONSOREDpolar x limitedImperial filed a lawsuit in the British Columbia Supreme Court in 2016 alleging negligence and breach of contract by both engineering firms Knight Piesold and AMEC, which is now Amec Foster Wheeler, following the August 4, 2014 failure.The company said the lawsuit was settled among all parties, resulting in net payments due to the...Read More

My 14-year-old daughter has taken it upon herself to help me with my holiday shopping.She’s been sending me links to everything from clothes to stocking stuffers to electronics that she wants under the tree for herself or her siblings.This week, she’s been joined by her brothers and sisters too!At this point I’m getting requests at all hours of the day. It’s like these kids...Read More

DR Congo: Is government intervention the real risk to watch?SPONSOREDverisk maplecroftMahenge 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, or is almost, that time of year again where we are all required to pretend we like each other. ...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Tiffany & Co.'s share price ended the day down almost 12% on Wednesday with analysts disappointed that it missed revenue and same store sales targets.   Tiffany attributed the performance to lower demand from foreign tourists, particularly from China, who spent less in the U.S. and in Hong Kong.   In the third quarter, worldwide net sales increased 4% to $1.0 bil...Read More

Imperial filed a lawsuit in the British Columbia Supreme Court in 2016 alleging negligence and breach of contract by both engineering firms Knight Piesold and AMEC, which is now Amec Foster Wheeler, following the August 4, 2014 failure.The company said the lawsuit was settled among all parties, resulting in net payments due to the financially struggling company totalling C$108 million.Imperial sai...Read More

I'm not sure about Santa, but unicorns are real.New research shows the 'Siberian unicorn' walked the Earth with humans as recently as 39,000 years ago.Radiocarbon dating has shown the 8,000-pound animal, which is actually a rhinoceros, was alive and well with humans in Eurasia after the last Ice Age. It was originally thought to have gone extinct as long as 200,000 years ago.Some are arguing the c...Read More

The Gahcho Kué diamond mine that Canadian miner Mountain Province owns in partnership with Anglo American’s De Beers is set to produce between 6.6-million and 6.9-million carats in the 2019 financial year – a level also forecast for 2020.The mine, located in the Northwest Territories, will process between 3.1-million and 3.2-million tonnes of ore in 2019 and 2020, at a productio...Read More

Trump may be facing an uphill battle he can't win in 2020.The much-anticipated "Blue Wave" washed over America on November 6. But it didn't hit all states equally.Some states, like California and New Jersey, were electoral graveyards for Republicans. In a few states, Republicans actually picked up a seat or two.But overall, Democrats saw their biggest gains in Congress since Watergate. They picked...Read More

Most investors are cautious. Nothing is rising, be it stocks, commodities or bonds. Sitting on cash is the favorite pastime of traders and investors. There will be short term certain direction after the G20 meeting and US November nonfarm payrolls on 7th December. It is just keeping a hawk eye and making the right investment. Do invest with the herd. Herd trading can result in more losses than p...Read More