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

Elemental Altus Royalties (TSXV: ELE; US-OTC: ELEMF) has entered into a binding agreement to acquire a portfolio of 19 royalties from a subsidiary of First Mining Gold (TSX: FF; US-OTC: FFMGF).Total consideration is US$5 million, of which US$3.5 million will be paid in cash and US$1.5 million in Elemental Altus common shares (roughly 0.9% of those outstanding).Upon completion, Elemental Altus woul...Read More

In an interview with Mining Journal on the sidelines of the Mining Indaba Investing in Africa conference, chief financial officer Gavin Ferrar said that the company is looking for lithium and rareRead More

Speaking on the sidelines of Mining Indaba, held this week in Cape Town, Fryer reiterated that in addition to base metlas, he was looking to secure projects which contain materials he defines asRead More

Charles Morven, who is the secretary treasurer with the Nisga'a Lisims Government in British Columbia, and primary communicator between the First Nation and industry, spoke with Northern Miner Staff Writer Henry Lazenby at AME BC Roundup in January. They discuss efforts to build up employment opportunities in mining for Nisga'a members and attracting investment to the Golden Triangle region.Read More

(IDEX Online) - Diamonds worth $55m have been seized in a series of raids across Antwerp, reportedly in an attempt to recover debts owed by the collapsed Eurostar Diamond Traders.Bailiffs and police seized gems from more than a dozen homes and offices in a court-sanctioned revery of assets, according to a Bloomberg new report.Eurostar was a De Beers sightholder and one of the world's biggest...Read More

Initial results from Phase 1 drilling at Bradda Head Lithium's (AIM: BHL; TSXV: BHLI; US-OTCQB: BHLO) San Domingo pegmatite project in Arizona returned high-grade intersections, the company said on Monday.Assays returned the best result so far of 31.85 metres grading 1.6% lithium oxide (Li2O), including 3.21 metres at 3.74% Li2O in hole SD-DH22-024.The results come from Phase 1 (Northern claim blo...Read More

Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays of the past week. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our sister company Mining Intelligence.Canada produced this week's top two drill assays. Moneta Gold (TSX: ME) reported on Jan. 31 that hole MGH22-321 at its Tower gold project near Timmins, Ont., returned 46 metres of 26.95 grams gold per tonne from 243 m...Read More

Ur-Energy to boost production at Lost CreekSPONSOREDur-energyBradda Head eyes Arizona pegmatite prizeSPONSOREDbradda head lithiumCan EV battery metal continue its incredible bull run?SPONSORED Asante targets 400,000oz in 2023SPONSOREDasante gold corporation    First hint of a problem, other than supply shortages, appeared last year when the US Government enacted its seriously misnamed In...Read More

With the two parties at loggerheads over the minutiae of a new agreement, the company says the government has taken various steps, which could see the mine close, to push it to accept its terms.Read More

Claudia Tornquist, President and CEO of Kodiak Copper discusses the company's MPD porphyry project in southern British Columbia, which was "handpicked" by chairman Chris Taylor, the former head of Great Bear Resources before its acquisition by Kinross Gold last year. Speaking at the AME BC Roundup conference in January, Tornquist tells Northern Miner Staff Reporter Henry Lazenby about the project'...Read More

Ur-Energy to boost production at Lost CreekSPONSOREDur-energyBradda Head eyes Arizona pegmatite prizeSPONSOREDbradda head lithiumCan EV battery metal continue its incredible bull run?SPONSORED Asante targets 400,000oz in 2023SPONSOREDasante gold corporationIncorporating Newcrest would give Newmont four operations producing more than 300,000ozpa and some 2.1-2.4Moz of annual production to add to it...Read More

Where are oil prices going? That's one of the most frequently asked questions (and most difficult to answer) in markets today.A bull case can be made on the basis of persistent inflation, shortages due in part to the war in Ukraine, the Biden administration's war on oil and natural gas and the reopening of China after the worst of the pandemic.A bear case can be made on the basis of recent disinfl...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A 126-carat "cat's eye" emerald was among the largest ever submitted for grading, said the GIA lab in Tokyo.The cabochon gemstone - shaped with a convex obverse rather than faceted - shows a pronounced chatoyant - or cat's eye - effect. That's when a band of bright light is reflected by a series of rain-like inclusions aligned within the stone."The emerald contained...Read More

Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM; TSX: NGT), the world's largest gold producer, is seeking to build a global gold superpower by approaching Australia's top miner of the yellow metal, Newcrest Mining (ASX, TSX: NCM), with a US$17 billion takeover offer.If successful, the deal would be one of the biggest in Australian history, though initial feedback from analysts and shareholders suggests that Newmont wil...Read More

Dear Outsider,Last year, I wrote about how AI was in the process of taking over the jobs force.But I also mentioned that it would be some time before AI was advanced enough to replace writers, editors, artists, podcasters, comedians, musicians, accountants, lawyers, coders, IT specialists, customer service reps... The list goes on.This week, however, I'm convinced that day may be just around the c...Read More

Kit Marrs, co-founder and CEO of Western Alaska Minerals, spoke with Northern Miner Staff Writer Henry Lazenby at AME BC Roundup in January. They discuss the company's Waterpump Creek project in western Alaska, where almost 9,000 metres of drilling over the last year returned high grade lead, zinc and silver, and its plans to double its drilling capacity from two to four rigs.Read More

Namibia Critical Metals (TSXV: NMI; US-OTC: NMREF), has taken an important step toward production at its Lofdal rare earth project, a globally significant deposit of the heavy rare earth metals dysprosium and terbium. The Nova Scotia-based explorer has launched a prefeasibility study for Lofdal, building on a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA) released in the fall.The study envisaged a...Read More

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Komatsu Ltd (OTCPK:KMTUY) Q3 2022 Earnings Conference Call January 31, 2023 9:00 AM ETCompany ParticipantsTakeshi Horikoshi - Senior Executive Officer, CFO & DirectorMasatoshi Morishita...Read full newsRead More