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

(IDEX Online) - A security guard at a jewelry store was shot dead yesterday during a heist at a shopping mall in Illinois, USA.Surveillance video shows three raiders step round the 57-year-old man as he laying bleeding on the floor.Police officers who happened to be on a training exercise at the mall property gave him CPR but he died hours later in hospital.The crime happened at River Oaks Center...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Lucara has extended its "groundbreaking partnership" with HB Antwerp to sell its specials (+10.8-cts) for the next 10 years.The Canadian miner first joined forces with HB in July 2020 to sell the high-value rough from its Karowe mine, in Botswana (pictured).Under the agreement, Lucara's +10.8 carat production is sold at prices based on the estimated polished outcome of each di...Read More

Blue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumAura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy Women's Executive Network: Canada's Most Powerful WomenSPONSOREDonyen corporationAfter a 5% rise last week, the US dollar gold price ended up little different to where it had been in early July 2020 and within 15...Read More

Magna Mining (TSXV: NICU) says the first holes drilled at its Crean Hill mine, part of its recently acquired Denison project in Ontario's Sudbury Basin, has returned the kind of mineralized sulphide material it is looking for.The company also announced it's proceeding with a preliminary economic assessment, due to be completed early in the second quarter of 2023.As expected, each of the first thre...Read More

Industry giant Vale (NYSE: VALE) has landed its first large-scale electric vehicle battery deal in North America, supplying nickel to power a slew of General Motors' cars and trucks, the companies said on Thursday.The deal for 25,000 tonnes per year of nickel works out to about $762 million per year using a September average metal spot price of about $30,500 per tonne, though both companies declin...Read More

Canadian battery mineral miners and explorers are sniffing around hundreds of millions of dollars in potential funding from the United States military, but there are no firm deals yet to take advantage of an alliance dating back to World War II. The concept of the U.S. funding projects in Canada to help sidestep China's control over lithium and rare earth element (REE) processing broke into the...Read More

Canada's Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) has extended its sales agreement with HB Trading covering high-value diamonds from the Karowe mine, in Botswana, for another 10 years.The contract will see Lucara's +10.8 carat production sold at prices based on the estimated polished outcome of each diamond. This is determined through state-of-the-art scanning and planning technology, with a true up paid on a...Read More

Chile's SQM (NYSE: SQM), the world's second largest lithium producer, expects prices for the battery metal to stay high into 2023 on the back of soaring demand boosted by strong sales of electric vehicles (EVs) in China.In its results for the the three months to Sept. 30, the miner announced record lithium sales, which more than quadrupled in the quarter from a year ago. The company's highest qua...Read More

I've been warning about a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for a long time - or as I like to call it, "Biden Bucks."That's because Biden fast-tracked its development. He's been responsible for implementing CBDCs at a very quick tempo in the U.S.They could actually end up as his most enduring legacy, believe it or not."Respectable" economists and financial commentators derided me as a conspirac...Read More

Vancouver, Canada - November 16, 2022 - Sirona Biochem Corp. (TSX-V: SBM) (FSE: ZSB) (OTC: SRBCF) ("Sirona") is pleased to announce positive results of the clinical safety study for their novel anti-aging compound TFC-1326 1% in formulation, now proven to be a non-irritant and non-sensitizer. TFC-1326, Sirona's lead anti-aging compound, will soon enter a clinical trial designed to assess its >>Rea...Read More

Metals Creek Resources Corp. (TSXV: MEK) (OTCQB: MCREF) (FSE: M1C1) (theRead full newsRead More

De Beers diamond sales in the ninth cycle were US$450 million, a drop of 11.4% from the last sale cycle, but up by 2.7% year-on-year.Read More

Permitting has become a cornerstone issue in the US mining industry as miners struggle against environmental and other regulations, which in at least one case has taken 17 years to secure.Read More

Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipAura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy Women's Executive Network: Canada's Most Powerful WomenSPONSOREDonyen corporationThe resource estimate will form the basis for the upcoming Baptiste prefeasibility study which is du...Read More

Aura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy Women's Executive Network: Canada's Most Powerful WomenSPONSOREDonyen corporationBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumIn a positive sign for the project pipeline, 13 projects made this year's list, up from nine last year and eight in 2020.Read More

Aura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy Women's Executive Network: Canada's Most Powerful WomenSPONSOREDonyen corporationBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumGold Fields CEO Chris Griffith and Yamana executive chair Peter Marrone have spent much of the time since May touting the valu...Read More

Aura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy Women's Executive Network: Canada's Most Powerful WomenSPONSOREDonyen corporationBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumDe Beers diamond sales in the ninth cycle were US$450 million, a drop of 11.4% from the last sale cycle, but up by 2.7% year-on-yea...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Christie's is to auction another huge pink diamond, this time a 13.15-carat gem with a high estimate of $35m.It's just a week since it sold the 18.18-carat pear-shaped Fortune Pink for $28.8m (Estimate $25m to $35m) in Geneva.Next month the "magnificently" fancy vivid diamond, described as "VVS1 clarity, potentially internally flawless", will be offered for sale in New Yo...Read More

The latest disruption comes after protestors gained access to the mine and burned some non-essential infrastructure two weeks ago.Read More

(IDEX Online) -  Jeans company Wrangler is to auction a $40,000 one-off diamond-encrusted cowboy belt buckle for good causes.It was created with 75 diamonds - total weight 6.34 carats - to mark its 75th anniversary, together with yellow gold, blue topaz and sterling silver accents. All proceeds will go to the independent non-profit organizations Western Sports Foundation and Lead Changes...Read More