The precious metals all soared in 2025, and while a continued monetary expansion and geopolitical risk could still drive gains especially for gold in 2026, a pullback in silver, platinum and palladium is possible after recent partly speculative surges.Read More

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

Diamond miner De Beers Group on Tuesday announced that it had sold $475-million worth of rough diamonds during the eighth sales cycle of this year.This is lower than the $503-million worth of diamonds sold in the seventh cycle of the year, but higher than the $376-million worth of diamonds sold in the eighth cycle of 2017.AdvertisementThe sales are based on global sightholder sales and auction sa...Read More

Amerigo MVC plant ramp-up on courseSPONSOREDamerigo resourcesBHP said it had entered into a share subscription agreement with Brisbane-based SolGold to buy an additional 100 million shares.The company will pay 45 pence per share, a 32% premium to...Read More

Polymetal building with good momentumSPONSOREDpolymetal internationalThe new management team has brought what they term an "Australian perspective" to the project in a country renowned for its deep underground mines, and a new scoping study on the Theta Hill deposit has provided proof of concept - that the historically-mined region has oxide, near-surface potential.The company now has a full feasi...Read More

Golden, Colorado: 15 October 2018 - Golden Software, a developer of affordable software for data visualization and analysis, has released Grapher Preview, an application that allows users of the Grapher scientific graphing package to assess enhancements under development and provide feedback prior to the next software release.Used extensively by scientists and engineers in oil & gas operations, en...Read More

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Apple (AAPL) weighed heavy on the Nasdaq todayU.S. stocks struggled for direction today, before ultimately closing lower. Specifically, the Nasdaq ended lower as tech stocks weighed heavy, including FAANG member Apple (AAPL). Tech also succeeded in dragging the Dow and S&P into the red by the closing bell. As such, and in light of a weaker-than-expected report on September retail sales, many trade...Read More

While not as exciting as the transformation in the auto market with the shift to electric vehicles, demand growth from batteries used for renewable energy storage has the potential to have a bigger impact on mining.One of the prime technologies that could grab market share from lithium ion for large scale storage systems is so-called vanadium redox flow cells.The rally in vanadium prices is only a...Read More

While not as exciting as the transformation in the auto market with the shift to electric vehicles, demand growth from batteries used for renewable energy storage has the potential to have a bigger impact on mining.One of the prime technologies that could grab market share from lithium ion for large scale storage systems is so-called vanadium redox flow cells.The rally in vanadium prices is only a...Read More

Telson Mining Corporation (TSXV:TSN, OTCBB:SOHFF) ("Telson" or the "Company") is pleased to report the following assay results from veins exposed in Level 12 Decline underground development at its Tahuehueto Mine Project.Read full newsRead More

Oct 16 (Reuters) - Global miner Rio Tinto Ltd said its third-quarter iron ore shipments fell about 5 percent, hurt by planned maintenance and safety pauses across all operations following a fatality.Shipments from its Australian mines fell to 81.9 million tonnes in the third quarter compared with 85.8 million in the same period a year ago, the miner said, snapping four consecutive quarters of incr...Read More

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The world's biggest miner BHP on Tuesday upped its share in SolGold Plc, bolstering its position against top shareholder Newcrest Mining as it eyes SolGold's promising Cascabel copper-gold project in Ecuador.Under the deal, SolGold will issue a 100 million shares to the company, raising its stake to 11.2 percent from 6.0 percent.BHP has agreed to pay 45 pence per SolGold share, which is offered at...Read More

The world's biggest miner BHP on Tuesday upped its share in SolGold Plc, bolstering its position against top shareholder Newcrest Mining as it eyes SolGold's promising Cascabel copper-gold project in Ecuador.Under the deal, SolGold will issue a 100 million shares to the company, raising its stake to 11.2 percent from 6.0 percent.BHP has agreed to pay 45 pence per SolGold share, which is offered at...Read More

The world's biggest miner BHP on Tuesday upped its share in SolGold Plc, bolstering its position against top shareholder Newcrest Mining as it eyes SolGold's promising Cascabel copper-gold project in Ecuador.Under the deal, SolGold will issue a 100 million shares to the company, raising its stake to 11.2 percent from 6.0 percent.BHP has agreed to pay 45 pence per SolGold share, which is offered at...Read More

Gold futures rose Monday to settle at their highest since late July as benchmark stock indexes mostly declined and a leading dollar index weakened. December gold GCZ8, -0.31% rose $8.30, or 0.7%, to settle at $1,230.30 an ounce. That was the highest finish for a most-active contract since July 31, according to FactSet data. Meanwhile, December SIZ8, -0.24% silver rose 9.2 cents, or 0.6%, to $14....Read More

Gold has been surging as traders seek safe-haven assetsGold prices have been climbing, as investors seek out safe havens amid the recent surge in stock market volatility. After gaining 1.4% last week, December-dated gold futures are up again today, last seen 0.7% higher at $1,230.30. Against this backdrop, options volume is accelerated on the SPDR Gold Shares (GLD), the VanEck Vectors Gold Miners...Read More

CGC is on pace for its highest close everSeveral cannabis-related stocks are higher today, ahead of the Oct. 17 legalization of recreational marijuana in Canada. In addition, Canopy Growth Corp (NYSE:CGC) stock is flying high -- and attracting option bulls -- on M&A news, and Cronos Group Inc (NASDAQ:CRON) shares are higher after inking a notable partnership.CGC Option Bulls Emerging Ahead of Big...Read More

The Dow stock is fresh off its worst week since February 2016Dow name Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) has seenheavy options trading in recent weeks, landing on Schaeffer's Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky White's list of 20 stocks that have attracted the highest amount of weekly options volume during the past 10 trading days. Names highlighted yellow are new to the list. BA is fresh off its worst week since...Read More

Using airlifted supplies, a crew is closing the entries to 42 abandoned mines scattered throughout Gold Butte National Monument, plugging some and grating others to allow wildlife to use them as sh...Read full newsRead More

The gold and silver miner released its third-quarter 2018 production report.Read full newsRead More