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

TransCanada Corp. (TSX, NYSE:TRP) said Thursday it had gathered strong commercial support for its $8 billion Keystone XL Pipeline, adding it would continue to secure additional long-term contracts before it decides when it will start work on the project.The Calgary-based company added that after finishing an open season that allowed shippers to commit to space in the proposed pipeline, it secure...Read More

Wood Mackenzie sees copper demand increasing significatively over global supply in the next decade and, together with it, miners' need for reliable sources of water."As constant and high demand for copper leads to resources running out, copper grades will progressively diminish. As a result, water demand will increase because it will be necessary to process more material to obtain the same amount...Read More

Wood Mackenzie sees copper demand increasing significatively over global supply in the next decade and, together with it, miners' need for reliable sources of water."As constant and high demand for copper leads to resources running out, copper grades will progressively diminish. As a result, water demand will increase because it will be necessary to process more material to obtain the same amount...Read More

With U.S. stocks on a historic tear to start 2018, signs of extreme stock market optimism continue to pop up. For instance, a recent American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) survey recently sent up a "huge caution sign" for stocks. Now, the latest Investors Intelligence (II) survey indicates that stock market bears haven't been this AWOL since 1987 -- the year of the "Black Monday" cras...Read More

Chile's environmental authority - SMA - has ordered the definitive closure of Barrick Gold's (TSX, NYSE:ABX) already halted Pascua-Lama project, but lowered the fine for violations to 7 billion pesos ($11.5 million) from the previous $16 million it had charged the company."Given the nature and the size of the breaches that the company committed, there is the conviction that total and definitive...Read More

Chile's environmental authority - SMA - has ordered the definitive closure of Barrick Gold's (TSX, NYSE:ABX) already halted Pascua-Lama project, but lowered the fine for violations to 7 billion pesos ($11.5 million) from the previous $16 million it had charged the company."Given the nature and the size of the breaches that the company committed, there is the conviction that total and definitive...Read More

Chile's environmental authority - SMA - has ordered the definitive closure of Barrick Gold's (TSX, NYSE:ABX) already halted Pascua-Lama project, but lowered the fine for violations to 7 billion pesos ($11.5 million) from the previous $16 million it had charged the company."Given the nature and the size of the breaches that the company committed, there is the conviction that total and definitive...Read More

Mazda Motor Corp., running counter to the industry's shift toward electric vehicles, says rapid improvements in conventional-engine technology mean non-gasoline cars won't be needed on a mass scale to solve pollution woes.Read full newsRead More

Turkey says it is readying an assault on a Kurdish-held town in Syria. Here's all you need to know.Read full newsRead More

Regulators vowed to make a decision on Thursday.Read full newsRead More

Gold's breakneck rally eased this week, but tailwinds in both physical and paper markets suggest it's got room to run.Read full newsRead More

Gold's breakneck rally eased this week, but tailwinds in both physical and paper markets suggest it's got room to run.Read full newsRead More

Rio Tinto-controlled Turquoise Hill (TSX, NYSE:TRQ) has declared force majeure at its massive Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine in Mongolia, following protests by Chinese coal haulers that have interrupted shipments near the border.In a note released Wednesday night, the Vancouver-based miner said that earlier this month protestors used a large number of vehicles to block the main access road...Read More

Rio Tinto-controlled Turquoise Hill (TSX, NYSE:TRQ) has declared force majeure at its massive Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine in Mongolia, following protests by Chinese coal haulers that have interrupted shipments near the border.In a note released Wednesday night, the Vancouver-based miner said that earlier this month protestors used a large number of vehicles to block the main access road...Read More

Rio Tinto-controlled Turquoise Hill (TSX, NYSE:TRQ) has declared force majeure at its massive Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine in Mongolia, following protests by Chinese coal haulers that have interrupted shipments near the border.In a note released Wednesday night, the Vancouver-based miner said that earlier this month protestors used a large number of vehicles to block the main access road...Read More

Oil from an Iranian tanker that sank in the East China Sea has diffused into four separate slicks, covering a combined area of just over 100 square kms (39 square miles), Chinese authorities said late on Wednesday.Read full newsRead More

Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. (HAR.JO) said Tuesday that it is on track to meet annual gold-production guidance of 1.1 million ounces for 2018, with first-half gold output up from the previous six-month period.Read full newsRead More

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To date, the company has invested $45 million in Nicaragua, completed over 70,000 meters of drilling on its flagship La India asset, and produced two PEAs and a PFS.Read full newsRead More