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) - The diamond industry in Israel is likely to suffer from sanctions on Russia, says Ha'aretz newspaper even though the country has itself remained neutral on the invasion of Ukraine.Precious stones and metals account for about a third of Israel's total imports from Russia, according to the Israel Export Institute, amounting to $524m in 2021.Israel has not imposed restrictio...Read More
(IDEX Online) - An innovative - and extremely pricey - new TAG Heuer watch exploits technical opportunities offered by lab grown diamonds.The $376,000 Carrera Plasma (pictured) incorporates almost 12 carats, including a 2.5-ct gem grown to the shape of the crown.The dial of the 44mm-diameter watch looks like it's been sprinkled with diamonds but has actually been grown as a single polycrystal...Read More
One reason American movies are so bad these days is they have forgotten how to tell a story. Stuff just happens to characters. Cause, effect and consequence no longer exist in the workshops of Hollywood.And one might sense that these imperatives are likewise missing from what used to be known as real life in the USA, with all its stories and narratives. Stuff just happens to the people in this cou...Read More
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Share this article VANCOUVER - New Gold Inc. (NGD-TSX, NYSE American) has released a technical report containing an update on the open pit and expanded underground mine plans for its Rainy River gold mine in Ontario.The company said the life of mine has been extended to 2031 with the conversion of an additional 569,000 gold ounces in the underground main zones to mineral reserves. It said the re...Read More
Look beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipWest Africa an improved opportunitySPONSOREDWorld Copper has economics to back Escalones resource in ChileSPONSOREDworld copper ltd.Marvel Gold stepping up exploration after resource upgradeSPONSOREDmarvel gold It won't happen because governments do not have to comply with listing rules which see market regulators routinely...Read More
The Canada-based company has predicted will recieve 5,700 to 6,700 attributable gold-equivalent ounces this year, which would be a gain of between 55% and 82% from 2021.Read More
"With 2022 developing as a year of significant milestones at both Elida and Flor de Cobre, I see strong opportunity to enhance the company's market profile and valuation," the incoming presidentRead More
The offering of 18.6 million common shares, announced on March 17, was done at a price of US$13.45 per share. Read More
(IDEX Online) - Prices kept rising overall during March, but there were more price drops among both rounds and fancies than we have seen of late.Rounds Price increases again dominated for most sizes, although there were more drops than in recent months. Among 1.50-cts-4.99-cts most goods K+ and SI3+ saw prices rise. There were price rises in 1.00-cts-1.24-cts among J+ and SI1+, but a sm...Read More
US mining firms, especially those developing lithium projects which will be used in the move to electric vehicles, welcomed the news.Read More
Torex Gold Resources (TXG.TO) has released an updated technical report for the Morelos gold complex in Mexico, including an integrated life of mine plan and economics for the El Lim??n Guajes mine and the Media Luna project.The company outlined the Morelos complex's net present value at US$458 million with a 16.1% internal tax return, based on a 5% discount rate.Annual sales were estimated at 374,...Read More
Mining companies and analysts have described U.S. President Joe Biden's decision to authorize the Defense Production Act to increase battery metals production and reduce the country's reliance on China and Russia as an "urgent" move that provides "further proof" of the minerals' growing importance in the geopolitical arena. The act gives the president authority to prioritize the production of sp...Read More
Shares of Nevada Copper (TSX: NCU) traded at their lowest value this year after the company revealed in its annual report that the ramp-up of its Pumpkin Hollow underground copper mine in Nevada continued to struggle in the first quarter of 2022. The company said it had lost a scoop due to a stope's sidewall failure in its underground mine earlier this year. "As a result, the company was not abl...Read More
Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A | TECK.B) (NYSE: TECK), Canada's largest diversified miner, is facing eight charges filed by Chile's environmental regulator SMA, which claims the miner failed to comply with measures to avoid impacts on vegetation and animals at its Quebrada Blanca copper mine.The agency said audits carried out in 2019, 2020 and 2021 at the operation, located in Chile's northern Ta...Read More
Rio Tinto (ASX, LON: RIO) might have the licence for its $2.4 billion lithium project in Serbia reinstated should the country's pro-mining president, Aleksandar Vu??i??, and his ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) win the elections this weekend, analysts say.The country heads to the polls on Sunday to vote for both president and parliament, with opinion surveys showing that Vu??i?? is likely to...Read More
U.S. and China-based researchers have developed a 3D, interconnected, thermally-conductive boron nitride network that greatly improves thermal conductivity in lithium-ion batteries.In a paper published in the journal Green Energy & Environment, scientists explain that although electric cars travel longer distances with shorter battery charging times, the lifespan of those batteries has also decrea...Read More
The resource is based on 127 drill holes for 54,893m, with the company stating that it is a large low-grade deposit, with a smaller high-grade core which lends itself to conventional large-scale open pit mining. The resource does not include the Merlin zone, 2km south of Central-Silicon, and on the same structural trend.The company said it evaluated three broad flowsheets in a conceptual study to...Read More
While the U.S. sits comfortably distant from any potential foes, a startling new set of numbers was just released by the United Nations.We are now seeing the most armed conflicts across the globe since the end of World War II.In many ways, it marks the end of an era.Pax Americana has long been used to describe the relative peace we've seen over the last fifty years.Many terrible wars were fought,...Read More