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

BHP will acquire a 19.9% stake in Brixton Metals at C$0.18 a share in deal which potentially totals C$13.4 million.Read More

"The Pentwater parties have agreed to withhold their votes at the special meeting and have delivered notices of the exercise of their dissent rights in respect of the arrangement," Pentwater CapitalRead More

Digital capital raising platform opens doors with over 100 ASX offers completedSPONSOREDblue horseshoe ventures pty limitedStudy points to more copper-gold potential for PolarX in AlaskaSPONSOREDpolarx limitedPurepoint Uranium Group Well Positioned to Make Next Athabasca DiscoverySPONSOREDpurepoint uraniumSheffield flashes a green light at ThunderbirdSPONSOREDsheffield resources limitedIt comes af...Read More

Just as I predicted, the Fed raised the fed funds target rate (also called the policy rate) today by 0.75%.The new target rate is a range of 3.75-4.00%, the highest since 2008. This is the sixth rate hike this year and the fourth consecutive 0.75% rate hike.That's the steepest, fastest series of Fed rate hikes since the Paul Volcker days in the early 1980s.Today's hike demonstrates that the Fed is...Read More

The federal government has been getting tough with some Chinese companies, forcing some foreign owners of Canadian critical mineral projects to divest their holdings in the name of national security. On a Wednesday list of forced divestitures were Sinomine Rare Metals Resources's holdings in Vancouver-based Power Metals (CVE: PWM); Chengze Lithium International's investment in Calgary-based Lithi...Read More

Canada's top potash producer Nutrien (TSX: NTR) has guided for lower full-year headline profit as September-quarter sales volumes and prices slid lower than expected.The Saskatoon, Saskatchewan-based crop nutrient producer, distributor and retailer now guides for adjusted earnings per share of US$13.25 to US$14.50, below average analyst forecasts calling for US$14.45, and down from its prior Aug....Read More

Arizona Sonoran Copper's (TSX: ASCU) ongoing 32,000-metre infill drill program at its Parks-Salyer (P/S) porphyry copper deposit has delivered an intercept of 217.7 metres grading 1.01% copper.The robust intersection comes from an additional three drill holes drilled at P/S, following the initial Inferred resource in September of 143.6 million tonnes grading 1% copper for 2.92 million lb. of conta...Read More

The latest assay results from New Found Gold (TSX-V: NFG; NYSE-A: NFGC) show near-surface, high-grade mineralization at its Lotto zone in northeast Newfoundland.The drilling shows that Lotto North is in fact a new, shallow and brittle fault zone north of Lotto proper, which hosts high-grade, epizonal-style gold mineralization in a north-south striking open-ended structure.Highlights from recent dr...Read More

Critical Elements Lithium (TSXV: CRE; US-OTC: CRECF) has received a certificate of authorization (CA) under Quebec's Environment Quality Act for its Rose lithium-tantalum project located in the province's James Bay region. The CA was issued by the Quebec Minister of the Environment, the Fight against Climate Change, Wildlife and Parcs.The CA is an important milestone that would allow Critical Elem...Read More

Maverix Metals (TSX: MMX; NYSE-AM: MMX) says it's on track to meet its revised 2022 guidance of 28,000 to 31,000 attributable gold-equivalent ounces and unveiled a new royalty deal on the Sleeping Giant mine in Quebec's Abitibi region.The company acquired a 2% net smelter return royalty (NSR) on all metallic and non-metallic minerals recovered from the Geant Dormant and Dormex claims of the Sleepi...Read More

The Kimberley Process (KP), an international scheme that certifies rough diamond exports, is expected to decide this week whether Russian diamonds should be declared conflict gems.Members of the KP are meeting in Gaborone, Botswana, until Friday and one of the main topics in the agenda is to discuss whether Russian diamonds are funding the war in Ukraine.The debate would be around whether to broa...Read More

Vale (NYSE: VALE) has signed three memorandums of understanding (MOUs) to jointly study the feasibility of developing industrial complexes or 'mega hubs' in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and the Sultanate of Oman.The hubs will produce hot briquetted iron (HBI) and steel products, Vale says, noting that "the production of HBI using natural gas emits around 60% less CO2 [car...Read More

Canada's B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-AM: BTG) and South Africa's AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU; ASX: AGG) have decided to put their US$925-million Gramalote gold project in Colombia up for sale before year-end.After completing a comprehensive review of the alternatives for the gold project in the northwestern department of Antioquia, the joint venture (JV) partners determined it would be in the best inte...Read More

From 2003-2011, the price of gold increased from about $400 an ounce to over $1,900. And by the summer of 2011, the market was going crazy with expectations.There were predictions of $10,000 an ounce... $50,000 an ounce... even $100,000 an ounce. And people were talking about gold everywhere. If you think back, I bet you'll remember all those "cash for gold" advertisements that ran back in 2011.Bu...Read More

The BC Regional Mining Alliance is collaborating to create sustainable investment opportunities in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. Learn more at www.bcrma.com.Read full newsRead More

Bank of America and Morgan Stanley have hired for their metals divisions while Deutsche Bank is considering a return to the business it abandoned just under a decade ago, Bloomberg reported.Read More

Shareholders are scheduled to vote on whether to approve Rio Tinto's C$43/share offer for the 49% of Turquoise Hill it does not already own on 8 November, a delay from the original scheduled date of 1Read More

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"Oil companies' record profits today are not because they're doing something new or innovative.Read More

The protestors, believed to be part of the Casma Palla Palla community from the Southern region of Ayacucho, have been demonstrating since 27 October.Read More