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

SHANGHAI, May 14 (SMM) – This is a roundup of global macroeconomic news last weekend and what is expected today.Last weekendThe US dollar index fell after rising to a four-month high last week, gaining 0.01% week on week to stand at 92.84 last Friday due to a moderate US consumer price index (CPI).Base metals mostly strengthened last Friday as a result. Both LME and SHFE copper went up sligh...Read More

SHANGHAI, May 14 (SMM) – This is a roundup of global macroeconomic news last weekend and what is expected today.Last weekendThe US dollar index fell after rising to a four-month high last week, gaining 0.01% week on week to stand at 92.84 last Friday due to a moderate US consumer price index (CPI).Base metals mostly strengthened last Friday as a result. Both LME and SHFE copper went up sligh...Read More

The Kabanga licence had been due to expire in 2019 and was one of 11 retention licences cancelled by the Mining Commission as part of the enforcement of the country's new mining regime, Reuters reported on the weekend.Tanzanian president John Magufuli had appointed commissioners to the new body last month.Commission chairman Professor Idris Kikula said former retention licence holders should reapp...Read More

Delivering the opening keynote address at the new conference, attended by more than 400 delegates, McIntosh said Rio Tinto and its peers were heading into a very different future for the industry than the one envisaged a decade ago."If you'd asked me 10 years ago if I ever thought we'd be hosting a Hackathon, I'd have just said, ‘what on earth is that?'. And perhaps, ‘we're here to do...Read More

Smelting, rail and port infrastructure near Callinex's Nash Creek zinc project in New Brunswick. Source: Callinex Mines Inc.Callinex Mines Inc. [CNX-TSXV, CLLXF-OTCQX: CLLXF] on Monday May 14 released the results of an independent initial preliminary economic assessment for the company's 100%-owned Nash Creek and Superjack projects in the Bathurst Mining district of New Brunswick.Callinex has a...Read More

Location Map of LiCo Energy's Glencore Bucke and Teledyne properties near Cobalt, northeast Ontario. Source LiCo Energy Metals Inc.LiCo Energy Metals Inc. [LIC-TSXV, WCTXF-OTCQB] shares were active Monday May 14 after the company released a shareholder update to provide additional information relating to an option agreement with Surge Exploration Inc. [SUR-TSXV, CKVLF-OTCQB].Under the agreement, w...Read More

The AREVA/Denison/OURD Canada McClean Lake uranium mill in the Athabasca Basin of northern Saskatchewan. Source: Denison Mines Corp.Uranium stocks are showing signs of life after retracing the gains made in the fourth quarter of 2017 following news of production cuts by two of the world's leading producers, Cameco Corp. [CCO-TSX; CCJ-NYSE] and Kazatomprom.In a uranium sector update, Haywood Securi...Read More

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Paul Bosma has been appointed to succeed Stuart Brown as CEO of Aim-listed Firestone Diamonds, with effect from July 1.Bosma has more than 24 years’ experience in the mining industry, of which 14 years have been in the diamond sector working for diamond major De Beers.AdvertisementBosma joined Firestone in 2014 as the mineral resources manager on the p...Read More

It said Monday it had received formal letters of no objection from the ministries for the mining licence applications for the Mahab 4 and Maqail South deposits, part of Al Fauriz Mining's Block 5.The company is now clear to complete the licensing process through discussions with the Public Authority of Mining.The company said in March, when it was waiting for the final ministerial approval, that i...Read More

Modern governments and industries work in collusion to control the individual. But ironically, they were only able to grow powerful by exploiting the desire to be an individual.According to Yuval Noah Harari’s book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, governments started out as simple gangs, collecting protection money.Many kingdoms and empires were in truth little more than large protec...Read More

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As the mining expo Latin America Down Under takes place in Perth, Argentina's Deputy Secretary for Sustainable Mining, Juan Biset, is visiting Australia with the idea of strengthening bilateral relationships and attracting new investments for his country's mining sector, as well as for the renewable and nuclear energy sectors.According to state-owned news agency T?(C)lam, Biset is scheduled to mee...Read More

As the mining expo Latin America Down Under takes place in Perth, Argentina's Deputy Secretary for Sustainable Mining, Juan Biset, is visiting Australia with the idea of strengthening bilateral relationships and attracting new investments for his country's mining sector, as well as for the renewable and nuclear energy sectors.According to state-owned news agency T?(C)lam, Biset is scheduled to mee...Read More

As the mining expo Latin America Down Under takes place in Perth, Argentina's Deputy Secretary for Sustainable Mining, Juan Biset, is visiting Australia with the idea of strengthening bilateral relationships and attracting new investments for his country's mining sector, as well as for the renewable and nuclear energy sectors.According to state-owned news agency T?(C)lam, Biset is scheduled to mee...Read More

Nuria Men?(C)ndez, managing director of Orovalle, Orvana Minerals' subsidiary in Spain, told local newspaper La Nueva Espa??a that the company has plans to reopen the Carl?(C)s gold mine, located in the Salas municipality of the Principality of Asturias, northern Spain.According to the newspaper, Men?(C)ndez explained that the mine was put under care and maintenance last year but following some ex...Read More

Nuria Men?(C)ndez, managing director of Orovalle, Orvana Minerals' subsidiary in Spain, told local newspaper La Nueva Espa??a that the company has plans to reopen the Carl?(C)s gold mine, located in the Salas municipality of the Principality of Asturias, northern Spain.According to the newspaper, Men?(C)ndez explained that the mine was put under care and maintenance last year but following some ex...Read More

Nuria Men?(C)ndez, managing director of Orovalle, Orvana Minerals' subsidiary in Spain, told local newspaper La Nueva Espa??a that the company has plans to reopen the Carl?(C)s gold mine, located in the Salas municipality of the Principality of Asturias, northern Spain.According to the newspaper, Men?(C)ndez explained that the mine was put under care and maintenance last year but following some ex...Read More

Sibanye-Stillwater (JSE:SGL) (NYSE:SBGL) announced this week that one of the six employees who was hospitalised after being trapped underground for days has been discharged from the hospital and is in good health.According to the miner, the other five rescued employees remain in a stable condition and are making good progress. "The company will continue to ensure that these employees receive appro...Read More

Sibanye-Stillwater (JSE:SGL) (NYSE:SBGL) announced this week that one of the six employees who was hospitalised after being trapped underground for days has been discharged from the hospital and is in good health.According to the miner, the other five rescued employees remain in a stable condition and are making good progress. "The company will continue to ensure that these employees receive appro...Read More

Sibanye-Stillwater (JSE:SGL) (NYSE:SBGL) announced this week that one of the six employees who was hospitalised after being trapped underground for days has been discharged from the hospital and is in good health.According to the miner, the other five rescued employees remain in a stable condition and are making good progress. "The company will continue to ensure that these employees receive appro...Read More