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

Gold Royalty Corp. (NYSE: GROY) has agreed to sell mineral rights and interests on 12 prospective properties in Quebec and Ontario to junior miner Val-d'Or Mining (TSX: VZZ).The Vancouver-based gold royalty firm said the pact allows it to retain a 0.5%-1% net smelter return royalty on the properties.Streaming and royalty firms provide upfront financing for exploration and development to precious m...Read More

Volkswagen AG has begun searching for a site in Canada to build its first battery cell factory in North America, a part of the German carmaker's planned expansion of its electric vehicle (EVs) battery business outside Europe.Canadian Industry Minister Fran??ois-Philippe Champagne signed the document - described as an addendum to a memorandum of understanding inked with VW in August this year -...Read More

The Pebble scheme has been embroiled in a face-off with regulators and at least one Congressional committee over the development of the scheme, which became symptomatic of the problems faced by firmsRead More

Our times of boom to bust are the perfect illustration of the credit cycle first presented in its fullness in the 1920s. Why then? Because this was the first decade after most countries created central banks. They caused some very odd behavior that made 19th-century-style economics seem to have less explanatory power.That was when a few economists working in Vienna put together a model for underst...Read More

Imagine a captive, bound and hapless...There he is, chained down pitifully in his cell, resigned to his inevitable punishments. Fifty lashes across the back are due him.Then comes the retributional day...This unfortunate winces in anticipation of his 50 lashes - yet his "merciful" captor issues a mere 25.This he interprets as "good news."He momentarily forgets the fundamental fact that he absorbed...Read More

Back in 2015, about a year after Russia annexed Crimea, Russian hackers wrested control of Ukraine's power grid and cut off electricity at three different companies.Some 30 substations were switched off, and about 230,000 people were left without electricity for up to six hours.They didn't have lights or, in many cases, heat.Being left without heat in the dead of winter isn't just an inconvenience...Read More

Additional Drilling Planned at Palos Verdes in January 2023 Prismo Metals Inc. (CSE: PRIZ) (OTCQB: PMOMF) (theRead full newsRead More

It seems there's been one global crisis after another since COVID-19 shut the world down in 2020. With markets fluctuating wildly and economies in turmoil, investors have been left dizzied at best, and at worst have suffered disastrous portfolio losses. Across the board, market participants have que...Read full newsRead More

The delivery and installation of new processing facilities as part of the mine's life extension and plant expansion project has faced delays and cost overruns because of Covid-related supplyRead More

Global Atomic homes in on Dasa financingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumAura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy Uranium revival takes off as reality hits on energy, geopoliticsSPONSOREDThe EU's complaint regarded two measures by Indonesia, which included a prohibit...Read More

ZCCM's dividends are based on its 20% ownership of the mine, which has been hit by operational setbacks this year.Read More

Global Atomic homes in on Dasa financingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumAura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy Uranium revival takes off as reality hits on energy, geopoliticsSPONSOREDAlamos Gold, whose Canadian and Mexican operations give the firm a current C$5.Read More

Global Atomic homes in on Dasa financingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumAura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy Uranium revival takes off as reality hits on energy, geopoliticsSPONSOREDThe firm is scheduled to provide formal 2023 guidance on February 23 but a brief...Read More

Lundin Gold's three year production and cost guidance has been backed by analysts won over by gains at the firm's Fruta del Norte gold operation in Ecuador.Read More

Global Atomic homes in on Dasa financingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumAura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy Uranium revival takes off as reality hits on energy, geopoliticsSPONSORED  Lithium prices opened this year on just under $45,000/t and rapidly climb...Read More

Global Atomic homes in on Dasa financingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumAura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy Uranium revival takes off as reality hits on energy, geopoliticsSPONSORED‘The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money', written by John Ma...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The FBI has recovered $1m of Forevermark diamonds that were stolen by notorious conman James Sabatino - from his prison cell.Sabatino, 46, serving a 20-year term in Miami, USA, posed as a music executive and used a smuggled phone to persuade the De Beers subsidiary to provide gems, supposedly for a video of Justin Timberlake and wife Jessica Biel.Nine pieces of jewelry, among...Read More

(IDEX Online)  - Watchmaster, the online retailer that had $10m of luxury watches stolen from a vault in Berlin, yesterday filed for insolvency.The company says it's appointed an insolvency administrator to restructure the business, and hopes it will be able to continue trading.Its insurance only covers the purchase value of the watches, but not its investment in processing, certifying a...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Rounds fell yet again during November as the recession showed no sign of easing. Consumers turned to cheaper goods, pushing up some fancy prices.   Rounds  The decline that began in March continued, with price drops dominating almost every size category shown in 0.40-cts to 1.00-ct goods. There were very few price rises of any sort in goods below 1.25-cts. There...Read More

Global Atomic homes in on Dasa financingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumAura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy Uranium revival takes off as reality hits on energy, geopoliticsSPONSOREDThe company reported 2023 guidance yesterday at its investment seminar in London...Read More