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, Feb 7 (SMM) – All nonferrous metals futures, except tin, closed lower on Wednesday February 7. SHFE tin edged up 0.79%. SHFE lead led the loss with a 1.5% drop while zinc and copper were down 1%.Coke led the gains in the ferrous complex by jumping 2%, while iron ore was up almost 1%. Both rebar and hot-rolled coil edged down.Copper: SHFE copper continued to see downward correc...Read More

SHANGHAI, Feb 7 (SMM) –Copper: The global stock market rout may have limited impact on commodities and we expect SHFE copper to gather enough momentum to go up in short term. We see the 1804 contract to trade at 52,700-53,300 yuan/mt today while LME copper is expected at $7,050-7,110/mt. Spot prices continued to be affected by the spread between the 1802 and 1803 contracts and spot copper is...Read More

SHANGHAI, Feb 7 (SMM) –Copper: The global stock market rout may have limited impact on commodities and we expect SHFE copper to gather enough momentum to go up in short term. We see the 1804 contract to trade at 52,700-53,300 yuan/mt today while LME copper is expected at $7,050-7,110/mt. Spot prices continued to be affected by the spread between the 1802 and 1803 contracts and spot copper is...Read More

SHANGHAI, Feb 7 (SMM) –Copper: The global stock market rout may have limited impact on commodities and we expect SHFE copper to gather enough momentum to go up in short term. We see the 1804 contract to trade at 52,700-53,300 yuan/mt today while LME copper is expected at $7,050-7,110/mt. Spot prices continued to be affected by the spread between the 1802 and 1803 contracts and spot copper is...Read More

Subscribe, rate and follow us on SoundCloud, iTunes, YouTube, Google Play, Stitcher or RSS Feed!This week we’re digging into the recent wild ride on North American equity markets (1:00) and talking about the current mining climate in the United States.Matt also discussses Barrick Gold‘s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) US$420 million write-down at the Pascua-Lama project on the Chile-Arge...Read More

According to US Census data released Tuesday, US coal exports totaled 88 million metric tonnes in 2017, a 60.9% increase from 2016.Annual export volumes climbed to the highest since 2014, when the nation's exports reached 88.3 million tonnes in large part due to strong seaborne coal prices into Europe and Asia.Of the 88 million metric tonnes exported, 50.1 million tonnes was metallurgical coal, 29...Read More

Shares in Canada's Northern Vertex Mining (TSX-V: NEE) were up Wednesday after the miner said is closer than ever to pour first gold at its Moss mine, in northwestern Arizona.The Vancouver-based company said that roughly 7,800 tonnes of ore have been stacked on the pad to date, and production is ramping up towards an initial stacking rate of 2,500 tpd, to later reach 5,000 tpd.Production is rampin...Read More

Rio Tinto (ASX, LON, NYSE:RIO), the world's No.2 mining company, showed investors Wednesday how well it has ridden the wave of higher commodity prices by announcing a record dividend on the back of a big surge in annual profit and its cost cutting drive.Bumper results came on the back of a recovery in the price of key commodities for Rio Tinto, including iron ore, aluminum and copper.The company,...Read More

Two miners have died after a section of Sibanye-Stillwater's (JSE:SGL) (NYSE:SBGL) Kloof gold operation in South Africa collapsed on Wednesday, about a week after more that 1,000 workers were trapped underground at another of the company's mines in the country.Sibanye-Stillwater has suspended production at the affected area pending an investigation into the incident with the participation of the...Read More

CAPE TOWN – Zimbabwe's mineral resources have a huge potential to drive the economy in the future, with lithium, gold and diamonds seen leading the way, its mines minister Winston Chitando said.In a presentation to an annual conference on investing in African mining, running from February 5 to 8 in Cape Town, Chitando said the country had a diversified mineral endowment, with investment...Read More

Published on: Feb 7, 2018 | by finfeedCastillo Copper (ASX:CCZ) today revealed to the market that significant massive sulphide mineralisation has been drilled at the historic Cangai Copper Mine, situated at the Jackaderry Project, NSW.Outstanding drilling logs confirmed that seven out of eight and a half drill-holes intersected sulphide mineralisation, with the best intersecting 30 metre thick min...Read More

In the wacky world of cryptocurrencies, as soon as I hit the ‘publish’ button on any article, I can pretty much rest assured knowing that whatever thoughts that I have at that moment will be relegated to obsolete immediately after.That’s just the way the game goes in Cryptoverse… We are operating in a sector that moves at the speed of light and is driven by sentiment much m...Read More

Via Sovereignman.comThe United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit gave us an interesting glimpse of the future last week when it ruled on an obscure case involving government pension obligations.Ever since the mid-1990s, police officers and fire fighters in the town of Cranston, Rhode Island had been promised state pension benefits upon retirement.But, facing critical budget shortfall...Read More

Via Sovereignman.comThe United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit gave us an interesting glimpse of the future last week when it ruled on an obscure case involving government pension obligations.Ever since the mid-1990s, police officers and fire fighters in the town of Cranston, Rhode Island had been promised state pension benefits upon retirement.But, facing critical budget shortfall...Read More

Nevada Sunrise Gold Corporation ('Nevada Sunrise' or the 'Company') (TSXV: NEV) announces that it will make an application to the TSX Venture Exchange (the 'TSXV') to amend the term of an aggregate of 565,000 outstanding share purchase warrants, (the 'Warrants') which were issued in connection with a non-brokered private placement (see Nevada Sunrise news re...Read More

Newrange Gold Corp. ('Newrange' or the 'Company') (TSXV:NRG)(OTC PINK:NRGOF)(FRANKFURT:X6C) is pleased to announce that effective at the beginning of trading on Wednesday, February 7, 2018, the Company will commence trading on the OTCQB Venture Market in the United States under the symbol NRGOF.Read full newsRead More

Bitcoin's $20,000 bubble mania peak of Mid December that valued the crypto currency at $320 billion has long since been left in the dust as Bitcoin has crashed well below $10,000, wiping out $170 billion of the value of participants holdings. All whilst the crypto coin gamblers obsessed by all things block chain have largely remained in a state of denial, focused on bitcoin soaring to over $50,000...Read More

Gold rose due to safe haven demand on the global stock market plunge. Gold gained despite a strong US dollar. If gold rises today, then there will be short covering. A lot of short term traders are short. One needs to remain on the sidelines in gold and silver. In case of extreme margin money pressure in stock markets, some of the long positions in precious metals and industrial metals could get...Read More

Gold rose due to safe haven demand on the global stock market plunge. Gold gained despite a strong US dollar. If gold rises today, then there will be short covering. A lot of short term traders are short. One needs to remain on the sidelines in gold and silver. In case of extreme margin money pressure in stock markets, some of the long positions in precious metals and industrial metals could get...Read More

Gold demand rallied in the closing months of 2017, gaining 6% year-on-year in Q4 to reach 1,095.8 tonnes (t). However, overall demand for the full year fell by 7% to 4,071.7t, compared with 2016, according to the World Gold Council’s latest Gold Demand Trends report.Inflows into exchange-traded funds (ETFs) continued steadily throughout the year, totalling 202.8t, but lagged behind the excep...Read More