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

Less than a year after the federal government approved the takeover of Neo Lithium by China's Zijin Mining without a full national security review under the Canada Investment Act, it has signalled an entirely new approach to Chinese investment in Canada's critical minerals sector. The Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Fran??ois-Philippe Champagne and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan...Read More

Canada's Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG) expects to achieve the high-end of its gold production guidance for 2022 as the impact of road blockades in Ecuador earlier this year eased in the third quarter.The Vancouver-based miner, which owns and operates the Fruta del Norte gold-silver mine in Ecuador, said it would meet the upper end of its forecast production of between 430,000 and 460,000 oz. of gold th...Read More

There's a very good chance gold prices have bottomed out - and that's created an incredible opportunity for investors in a tough market.If you haven't been paying attention to gold, that's not surprising. Very few investors have been. Gold has lost much of its luster after failing to respond to rapidly rising inflation in the U.S. and elsewhere.Inflation levels sit at 40-year highs. Yet gold, trad...Read More

Will we see a return to sensible energy policies? Many investors hope that even a partial Republican victory on Election Day 2022 means that the U.S. can return to sensible energy policies.This would mean finishing the Keystone XL pipeline, expanding fracking, issuing new oil and natural gas exploration leases on federal lands, refilling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and building new refinery ca...Read More

It's the day after. What comes next? Now that the elections are over, the political landscape should be a lot clearer.If only that were true.With some Republican victories in the House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate and governor's races across the country, the U.S. has made just a slight pivot away from progressives and wokeness and toward more traditional approaches to economics, crime and e...Read More

The senior notes will be unsecured and rank equally with Nutrien's existing senior unsecured debt. The offering is expected to close on or about 9 November. Read More

Share this article VANCOUVER - Sama Resources Inc. [SME-TSXV; SAMMF-OTC] reported assay results from five additional drill holes from the 2021/2022 drilling campaign at the Samapleu deposit, Ivory Coast, West Africa.Sama has drilled a total of 85 drill holes totalling 26,787 metres at the Ivory Coast project in 2021/2022, including 45 drill holes totalling 14,893 metres at the Grata prospect and...Read More

Arras Minerals announced its intent to complete a financing at C$0.45/share for gross proceeds of up to C$3 million.Read More

PolarX following up promising results at Nevada gold-silver projectSPONSOREDpolarx limitedSaudi to lead mining super regionSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesAura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy The investment includes mine operating costs and $73 million of capitalised production stripping.Read More

Yamana Gold announced on November 8 that it has entered into an arrangement agreement with Agnico Eagle and Pan American.Read More

"We remain committed, as always, to prudently returning capital to shareholders," said Alpha's chief executive David Stetson on the share buyback program.Read More

Adjusted earnings per share (EPS)of $0.03 met market consensus.Read More

The Kamoa-Kakula project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has produced at an annualised rate of over 400,000t of floated and filtered copper for the second month in a row.Read More

PolarX following up promising results at Nevada gold-silver projectSPONSOREDpolarx limitedSaudi to lead mining super regionSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesAura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy BHP's shares recently fell to a two-year low when the price of iron ore slipped to US$84.Read More

(IDEX Online) - Lucara has reported a slump in quarterly revenue and profits, blaming a shortage of the high-value specials that account for most of its income.The Canada-based miner said revenue was down 31 per cent year-on-year from $72.7m to $49m and net profits plunged 86 per cent from $12.8m to $1.8m (all figures are US dollars).It sold 99,301 carats in the three months to 30 September 2022,...Read More

(IDEX Online) - UAE is to chair the Kimberley Process again in 2024.Delegates at a plenary session in Botswana, which currently chairs KP, approved the move last week.Belarus had also applied for the position, according to a Reuters report, at a time when KP faces mounting pressure to consider broadening its definition of conflict diamonds to include Russia   Zimbabwe will chair KP...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The price gap between new and used Rolex watches is widening.   The company has just announced a second increase this year, of about five per cent, for outlets across Europe.   But the most popular used models have seen prices plunge by 21 per cent since peaking in April, according to WatchCharts, which tracks the luxury watch market. Geneva-based Rolex, which produces ar...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Petra Diamonds has halted operations a wall of the tailings dam at its Williamson mine, in Tanzania, was breached. The UK-based miner said there were no confirmed deaths or injuries as a result of flooding from the eastern wall of the facility that stores mining waste. It's less than two months since the tailings dam at Jagersfontein, a former diamond mine in South Africa, was...Read More

PolarX following up promising results at Nevada gold-silver projectSPONSOREDpolarx limitedSaudi to lead mining super regionSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesAura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy The company said Cristovão Alberto Tonela and Alfredo Francisco Domingos João were fatally injured on Monday, while a...Read More

PolarX following up promising results at Nevada gold-silver projectSPONSOREDpolarx limitedSaudi to lead mining super regionSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesAura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy Osisko will receive a 0.6% net smelter return interest from SolGold, calculated with reference to net smelter returns from the Casc...Read More