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 ) - De Beers and the Botswana government have again delayed agreement on a new contract for the supply of rough diamonds.   The sales agreement, which governs the Debswana joint venture between both parties, was extended by a year in December 2020 and was due to be renegotiated this month. The original delay was blamed on the Covid crisis.   Diamond revenue accounts for a fi...Read More

(IDEX Online) - US rapper Kendrick Lamar has revealed that Tiffany & Co made the diamond-encrusted crown of thorns he wore for the cover of his new album.It was fashioned from 50 thorns, encrusted with over 137 carats of diamonds in the form of 8,000 cobblestone micro pav?? (C) diamonds, he told British Vogue magazineLamar, 35, wore the Jesus-inspired crown on the cover of his new album of Mr....Read More

West Africa-focused gold explorer Montage Gold (TSXV: MAU) has closed a financing of approximately $20 million to fund its acquisition and subsequent development of the Mankono-Siss?(C)dougou joint venture project in C??te d'Ivoire.The financing involves the private placement of roughly 28.6 million subscription receipts, each priced at $0.70 and convertible into one common share of the company. T...Read More

Osisko Development (TSXV: ODV; NYSE: ODV) has provided an initial open-pit resource estimate for the Sapuchi, Golfo de Oro, California, High Life and Calvario deposits at its San Antonio project in Sonora state, Mexico.Indicated resources total 14.9 million tonnes grading 1.2 grams gold per tonne and 2.9 grams silver for 576,000 oz. of gold and 1.4 million oz. of silver. An additional 16.6 million...Read More

Shares of Star Diamond (TSX: DIAM) fell by more than 50% on June 29, after the company announced that Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) had exercised its voting power to place the Star - Orion South Diamond project on care and maintenance until the end of the year. Star Diamond holds a 25% interest in certain Fort ? la Corne kimberlites, including the Star - Orion South Diamond project...Read More

Precious metals miner Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBSW; JSE: SSW) revealed on Thursday that is in talks to take a controlling stake in Finnish lithium firm Keliber, adding that the plan is to have an 80% in the company, which aims to be Europe's first fully integrated lithium producer.The South African miner currently has a 30.3% stake, held through Keliber Oy which owns the namesake project in Fin...Read More

The mining world has quickly embraced environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles and more companies are seeing the need to meet those priorities, even on the level of investment, said Michel Brutti, founder and president of Clear Skies Investment Management, at the Mining Investment Event of the North conference on June 21."On the 'E' side, we can see there are solutions out there to go...Read More

(IDEX Online) - There were many losses in June, as there were in May. The war continues in Ukraine, as do the sanctions on Russian rough, and Indian manufacturers are still filling the supply gaps, especially among smalls, by switching to lab grown. In May we saw more increase among goods over 2.0-cts seeking refuge from the stock market. In June those increases were limited to goods over 4.0-cts....Read More

The landmark ruling by the Supreme Court to curb the EPA's powers to force a reduction in carbon emissions from coal and gas-fired power stations is seen as a major setback to President Joe Biden's climate policies.Biden termed the Court's ruling "another devastating decision that aims to take our country backwards".The NMA, whose members include over 250 firms involved in the mining and supply in...Read More

Stillwater Critical Minerals (TSXv:PGE, OTCQB:PGEZF, FSE:5D32), formerly Group Ten Metals, has just undergone a complete rebranding, adopting a fresh image that showcases its enviable position in the market.The company's flagship project is the district-scale, 100%-owned Stillwater West PGE-Ni-Cu-Co-Au property in Montana, where Stillwater Critical Minerals ("SWCM") is the second-largest landholde...Read More

Remember the old days of the Clinton administration?It came to power riding a center-left push against the messes of the Bush administration. Clinton was careful to distance himself from the crazies with a series of high-profile rebuffs of the worst among them.The hope was to advertise as a moderate but govern slightly to the left.But then the polls and the markets started to speak, and loudly. Th...Read More

Once upon a time, President Reagan said, "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."Decades earlier, Aim?(C) C?(C)saire wrote a blistering screed against European colonialism that started with:A civilization that proves incapable of solving the problems it creates is a decadent civilization.A civilization that chooses to cl...Read More

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Potanin, known as the "Nickel King", was sanctioned by the UK government for his ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.Read More

Blue Horseshoe Ventures launches their new capital-raising platformSPONSOREDblue horseshoe ventures pty limitedAdvancing Copper and Gold Projects in an Under-Explored Porphyry DistrictSPONSOREDresilience miningServicing China's Steel SectorSPONSOREDaspire miningChinese Strategic AllianceSPONSOREDxanadu minesIn a presentation made yesterday, BHP chief legal, governance and external affairs offi...Read More

While 2022 capital spend remains unchanged, 2023 is expected to increase by $60 million to between $280 and $320 million on the scheme, and in 2024 is expected to increase by $60 million to betweenRead More

The sale was at a share price of C$10.90 and reduces Coeur's holding in Victoria Gold to 9.5% on a non-diluted basis.   The sale transaction is scheduled to close on or about June 30.Read More

Blue Horseshoe Ventures launches their new capital-raising platformSPONSOREDblue horseshoe ventures pty limitedAdvancing Copper and Gold Projects in an Under-Explored Porphyry DistrictSPONSOREDresilience miningServicing China's Steel SectorSPONSOREDaspire miningChinese Strategic AllianceSPONSOREDxanadu minesPotanin, known as the "Nickel King", was sanctioned by the UK government for his ties t...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Zales has launched a new diamond cut with 185 facets -  compared with the 58, including the culet, of a traditional brilliant cut - claiming it creates a "breathtaking sparkle".The US jeweler, which has 2,800 stores and is part of the Signet group, says its Celebration Infinite diamonds, with more than three times the regular number of facets, are expertly cut for excellent li...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The Russian Ministry of Finance has condemned "far-fetched" accusations that diamonds are funding its invasion of Ukraine and should therefore be outlawed by the Kimberley Process.It issued a statement insisting Russia "has always been and remains an exceptionally responsible participant of the Kimberley Process".And it said tax and dividend payments from Russian diamond mining ope...Read More