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

Dutch journalist Bram Ebus has just published an entire website dedicated to Venezuela's Mining Arc, a mega project that is at the centre of a national controversy given the devastation to both the natural environment and local communities that it is causing, as well as the innumerable allegations of rampant corruption surrounding it.Ebus spent three months investigating the many different aspects...Read More

Canada's Gran Colombia Gold (TSX:GCM) announced today that its total gold production for 2017 was 173,821 ounces, up 16% over 2016 and surpassing its guidance for the current year which was estimated between 150,000 and 160,000 ounces of gold.Only in the fourth quarter of 2017, the company produced 51,699 ounces of gold, up 26% over the fourth quarter of the previous year.Despite the fact that it...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The Women's Jewellery Network, which supports women in the UK jewelry industry, has launched a viral social media campaign to celebrate the ambition and drive of both the organization and its members.   The bold image stating #NoGlassCeiling has been shared widely by those working in the UK jewelry trade, through social channels such as Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, the bod...Read More

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – While the local November mining production statistics showed a relatively solid increase of 6.5% year-on-year, bolstered by platinum-group metals (PGMs), iron-ore and coal, the longer-term prospects for the industry remain less certain, owing to a difficult operating environment and policy uncertainty, according to Nedbank economists Busisiwe Radebe and Denn...Read More

In 2017, investors added gold to their portfolios as incomes increased, uncertainty loomed, and gold’s positive price momentum continued. As 2018 begins we explore four key market trends and their implications for gold: synchronised economic growthshrinking central bank balance sheets and rising ratesfrothy asset pricesmarket transparency, efficiency, and access. We believe that th...Read More

Via Sovereigman.comThere's a really unique investment company in Europe you ought to know about... because they are insanely profitable.In fact, a few days ago the company announced that they expect to report an annual profit of $55 BILLION for 2017.That's more money than Apple makes... which makes this European group THE most profitable company in the world.Its stock price has more than QUINTUPLE...Read More

Via Sovereigman.comThere's a really unique investment company in Europe you ought to know about... because they are insanely profitable.In fact, a few days ago the company announced that they expect to report an annual profit of $55 BILLION for 2017.That's more money than Apple makes... which makes this European group THE most profitable company in the world.Its stock price has more than QUINTUPLE...Read More

Bruce Murray, CEO and chief investment officer of The Murray Wealth Group, discusses Teck Resources.Read full newsRead More

Carillion Plc, a U.K. construction company with government contracts in everything from hospitals to the HS2 high-speed rail project, filed for compulsory liquidation after failing in a last-ditch effort to shore up finances and get a government bailout.Read full newsRead More

Saudi billionaire investor Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz al-Saud transferred from the Ritz-Carlton Hotel to the al-Ha'ir maximum security prison, proving that the government is unconcerned about international opinion when it comes to punishing corrupt practices.Read full newsRead More

Royal Dutch Shell gave the green light on Monday for an expansion of the Penguins oil and gas field in the UK North Sea, its first major new project in the ageing basin in six years.Read full newsRead More

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The United Arab Emirates on Monday claimed that Qatari fighter jets intercepted two of its commercial airliners in international airspace on the way to Bahrain, ...Read full newsRead More

The incident could further escalate tensions between Qatar and the four Arab nations.Read full newsRead More

Canyon Copper Corp. ('Canyon') (TSX-V: CNC) is pleased to announce that Canyon has acquired additional claims surrounding the company's 100% Cameron Cobalt Project located in Brigstocke Township approximately 20 kilometers southwest of Cobalt, Ontario and 120 kilometers north of North Bay, Ontario.Read full newsRead More

Following the 2016 launching of the Collective Action Initiative for the Metals Technology Industry, the program announced today that it has added Techint Group's Tenova S.p.A. as a new member.Tenova is a mechanical engineering company for the steel and non-ferrous metals processing industry headquartered in Castellanza, Italy. The other three members of the initiative, Danieli & C Officine Meccan...Read More

After an incredible rally during the first week of January, many people arrived in the office last Monday fully prepared for a market breather. Monday provided a slight pause in the action, but the break did not last long. By the end of the week, all the major U.S. equity indexes were higher, and the momentum from the first week of 2018 cruised along into the second week without so much as a hiccu...Read More

http://www.miningstocksguide.com - This video is your competitive edge to understanding how to invest in mining stocks and gold. Learn the secrets of the pro...Read full newsRead More

Dutch journalist Bram Ebus has just published an entire website dedicated to Venezuela's Mining Arc, a mega project that is at the centre of a national controversy given the devastation to both the natural environment and local communities that it is causing, as well as the innumerable allegations of rampant corruption surrounding it.Ebus spent three months investigating the many different aspects...Read More

Dutch journalist Bram Ebus has just published an entire website dedicated to Venezuela's Mining Arc, a mega project that is at the centre of a national controversy given the devastation to both the natural environment and local communities that it is causing, as well as the innumerable allegations of rampant corruption surrounding it.Ebus spent three months investigating the many different aspects...Read More

Dutch journalist Bram Ebus has just published an entire website dedicated to Venezuela's Mining Arc, a mega project that is at the centre of a national controversy given the devastation to both the natural environment and local communities that it is causing, as well as the innumerable allegations of rampant corruption surrounding it.Ebus spent three months investigating the many different aspects...Read More