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

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Little has been done to reverse the damage of gold mining and villagers have little recourse, say expertsRead full newsRead More

With gold expected to continue the trend we have seen over the last six months, investors will continue to soften their holdings in publicly traded gold mining companies.One of the miners I would suggest selling is Acacia Mining PLC (ACA.L), the African subsidiary of Barrick Gold Corp. (ABX).WarningRead full newsRead More

With construction 40% completed, this gold explorer/developer is well on the way to getting the Yukon's next gold mine up and running.Read full newsRead More

The short seller set a year-end $100 price target on Tesla back in MarchThe shares of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) have been volatile in recent months, per their 120-day historical volatility of 63.4% -- in the 99th annual percentile. Things are no different today, with the security up 10.2% to trade at $290.69, after Citron Research said it was long on TSLA stock.The noted short seller set a $100 pric...Read More

Nvidia's recent pullback could have bullish implicationsThe shares of Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) are taking part in the broad market and semiconductor sell-off today, down 4.2% at last check to trade at $221.41. Also pressuring NVDA lower is a price-target cut from UBS to $260 from $285. However, there is silver lining for the chip stock in the form of two bullish signals that just flashed....Read More

Palladium futures settled at a record on Tuesday, as concerns surrounding supplies from Russia, following U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to pull out of a nuclear treaty with Moscow, lifted prices for a third straight session. Palladium for December delivery PAZ8, -0.29% climbed by $15.10, or 1.4%, to settle at $1,122.80 an ounce on Comex after tapping an intraday high of $1,137.70. The settle...Read More

Two years after commercial production began in October 2016, Newmont Mining's (NYSE: NEM) Merian mine in Suriname has poured one million ounces of gold.Newmont Suriname - a subsidiary of the Colorado-based company - owns 75% of the mine and Suriname's state-owned oil company, Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname, owns the remaining 25% stake.Construction of the mine, about 60 km south of Moengo and 1...Read More

Two years after commercial production began in October 2016, Newmont Mining's (NYSE: NEM) Merian mine in Suriname has poured one million ounces of gold.Newmont Suriname - a subsidiary of the Colorado-based company - owns 75% of the mine and Suriname's state-owned oil company, Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname, owns the remaining 25% stake.Construction of the mine, about 60 km south of Moengo and 1...Read More

Two years after commercial production began in October 2016, Newmont Mining's (NYSE: NEM) Merian mine in Suriname has poured one million ounces of gold.Newmont Suriname - a subsidiary of the Colorado-based company - owns 75% of the mine and Suriname's state-owned oil company, Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname, owns the remaining 25% stake.Construction of the mine, about 60 km south of Moengo and 1...Read More

Drilling at Nighthawk Gold's (TSX: NHK; US-OTC: MIMZF) Treasure Island project, about 11 km to the north of its Colomac project in the Northwest Territories, has served up significant, shallow high-grade mineralization.The company was following up on several shallow high-grade gold intersections it had reported in 2011, and in the process has found new near-surface discoveries including a number...Read More

Drilling at Nighthawk Gold's (TSX: NHK; US-OTC: MIMZF) Treasure Island project, about 11 km to the north of its Colomac project in the Northwest Territories, has served up significant, shallow high-grade mineralization.The company was following up on several shallow high-grade gold intersections it had reported in 2011, and in the process has found new near-surface discoveries including a number...Read More

With construction 40% completed, this gold explorer/developer is well on the way to getting the Yukon's next gold mine up and running.Read full newsRead More

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In February, B2Gold Corp. (TSX: BTO; NYSE: BTG) announced an initial open-pit inferred resource for the newly discovered El Limon Central zone at its El Limon mine in Nicaragua.This week the gold producer announced the results of an expansion study that evaluated the life-of-mine options for combining El Limon's remaining underground inferred resource (17 million ounces of gold) with the new infe...Read More

In February, B2Gold Corp. (TSX: BTO; NYSE: BTG) announced an initial open-pit inferred resource for the newly discovered El Limon Central zone at its El Limon mine in Nicaragua.This week the gold producer announced the results of an expansion study that evaluated the life-of-mine options for combining El Limon's remaining underground inferred resource (17 million ounces of gold) with the new infe...Read More

In February, B2Gold Corp. (TSX: BTO; NYSE: BTG) announced an initial open-pit inferred resource for the newly discovered El Limon Central zone at its El Limon mine in Nicaragua.This week the gold producer announced the results of an expansion study that evaluated the life-of-mine options for combining El Limon's remaining underground inferred resource (17 million ounces of gold) with the new infe...Read More

(Excerpt from upcoming article by Alisha Hiyate in Diamonds in Canada magazine, published by The Northern Miner ) In 2013, De Beers Canada turned down a chance to own a majority stake in Peregrine Diamonds' Chidliak project in Nunavut. Five years later, it now owns the project outright.So what changed in that time period? De Beers Canada CEO Kim Truter says that the timing just wasn't quite ri...Read More

(Excerpt from upcoming article by Alisha Hiyate in Diamonds in Canada magazine, published by The Northern Miner ) In 2013, De Beers Canada turned down a chance to own a majority stake in Peregrine Diamonds' Chidliak project in Nunavut. Five years later, it now owns the project outright.So what changed in that time period? De Beers Canada CEO Kim Truter says that the timing just wasn't quite ri...Read More

Kenya has won a case against Cortec Mining Kenya Limited, Cortec (pty) Limited and Stirling Capital Limited over the revocation in 2013 of a licence for mining niobium and rare earth minerals, a court ruling made public on Tuesday showed.The decision could add to wariness about Kenya's nascent mining industry among investors already spooked by resource nationalism in neighbouring Tanzania, analyst...Read More