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

Copper is a metal vital to the world's green energy transition - used in electrical wiring, appliances, computers, vehicle motors and smart phones. Demand can only grow - and market researcher Wood Mackenzie expects copper demand from passenger EVs alone to jump to around 2.9 million tonnes over the next decade from about 600,000 tonnes in 2021.The story of Vortex Metals (TSXV:VMS), started with t...Read More

Yukon-focused explorer Snowline Gold (CSE: SGD) has completed the first tranche of its previously announced private placement, issuing 7 million flow-through common shares priced at $1.40 each and 10 million units at $1.25 each, for aggregate gross proceeds of $22.3 million. Each unit comprises one common share and one-half of a common share purchase warrant, with each whole warrant exercisable fo...Read More

South32 (LSE: S32; ASX: S32; JSE: S32) is still looking to sell its 50% interest in the Eagle Downs metallurgical coal project in Queensland, Australia, where development was put on hold in January last year.The company, which owns the project along with Aquila Resources, a subsidiary of Chinese steelmaking giant China BaoWu Steel Group, said at the time the project's expected returns did not "sup...Read More

Chile state-owned copper miner Codelco has begun to gradually restart two of its ongoing growth projects, which were halted last week following the death of two workers this month at different mine sites.The plan contemplates tackling infrastructure projects in the Andina and Radomiro Tomic divisions first, to move in coming days to those involving underground and pit mining, the world's largest...Read More

These are exciting times for ACME Lithium (TSXV: ACME; US-OTC: ACLHF), says Steve Hanson, its founder, president, and CEO, as the company hits a key milestone in the development of its flagship Clayton Valley lithium brine project in Nevada.In June, the Canadian junior completed its first exploration drill hole on the property. Drilled to a depth of 427 metres, hole DH-1 "encountered several prosp...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Trans Atlantic Gem Sales (TAGS) sold around $35m at its July rough tender in Dubai, as it reported "fragility" in the market.That's an increase on sales in June of $25m, which were up from $20m in April. TAGS said it presented around $50m of goods in a full range of sizes, and sold around 70 per cent."Overall, prices in sizes -3grs held up well, 3-6grs performed less well as d...Read More

Nancy Pelosi is running scared.The Feds are hot on her trail.The American people are chasing her with pitchforks.They want answers.That's because the Pelosis continue to profit from the stock market using material nonpublic information.In other words, they're committing insider trading in broad daylight.But no one can do anything about it because members of Congress wrote laws to protect...Read More

On Wednesday the Fed will be announcing another rate hike. The only question is how big will it be?The market consensus forecasts a 75-basis-point increase, which I happen to agree with.Regardless, the Fed is tightening into weakness. For the economy and the stock market, that means a bumpy ride is ahead - and maybe a very bumpy ride.First of all, it's highly likely that the U.S. economy is in a r...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Gemfields says operations at its ruby mine in Mozambique are continuing, with increased vigilance, despite an attack in the vicinity as party of an Islamic State-linked insurgency.The London-based miner operates and owns 75 per cent of Montepuez Ruby Mining (MRM), which last month reported a record $95.6m revenue from online auction of its rubies.Thousands of people have died since...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Sotheby's may be responsible for the loss of 45 vivid yellow diamonds, worth $4m, a federal judge in California, USA, has ruled.A consulting and brokerage firm, M&L Financial, took the gems to Sotheby's New York (pictured) for auction on consignment in 2109.The company, based in Dallas, Texas, told Sotheby's it was the exclusive owner of the diamonds.But the auct...Read More

(IDEX Online) - De Beers has increased its production guidance for 2022 - from 30-33Mct to 32-34Mct - citing "robust demand and strong year-to-date operational performance".Sanctions against Alrosa, its biggest rival, have led to global shortages of rough. Last month De Beers reported $650m of rough sales at its fifth sales cycle of 2022, up over a third year-on-year. It reportedly hiked the price...Read More

What's wrong with the world? Let me count the ways...The Western gambit against Ukraine is a bust, a foolish miscalculation that was obvious from the start. All it accomplished was to reveal the pitiful dependence of our European allies on Russian oil and gas, leaving their economies good and truly scuppered without them.The Russians will likely end up with control of the Black Sea and probably th...Read More

Certain operational conditions, including a restricted drilling plan for the first 12 months proposed by the company, will need to be implemented.Read More

"Suggestions about potential use of EVRAZ's steel, vanadium and other products for military purposes indicate not only the misunderstanding of steel industry's base principles, but the lack of knowledge about EVRAZ's product range as well," the company said.EVRAZ's listing on the London Stock Exchange was suspended on 10 March pending forthcoming sanctions on the company related to Russia's 2022 i...Read More

Share this articleVANCOUVER - Jourdan Resources Inc. [JOR-TSXV, JORF-OTCQB-2JR1-FRA], a company that is aiming to become the next lithium producer in Quebec, said it is increasing the size of a recently announced private placement financing, which is now expected to generate proceeds of $2.4 million.In a press release on June 29, 2022, the company said it planned to complete a non-brokered priva...Read More

Second quarter copper and gold production at its 90%-owned El Roble mine in Colombia was above market consensus. Production in the second quarter was 3.Read More

Second quarter production updates released by these firms this week gave insight into rising costs in these countries - some of which are rising above 25% - and ongoing operational challengesRead More

Named after the 126-year-old project, Wiluna Mining called in outside administrators this week following a financial crisis which has seen the company's share price fall by 80% over the last sevenRead More

"The climate for junior gold financing and M&A has slowed following a strong first quarter, and in our view could face a period of reduced activity similar to the prior downcycle in 2013-15," saidRead More

Leading shareholder AI-listed Anglo Asian Mining will invest to retain its 19.Read More