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

Reach Resources focused on playing role in decarbonisation solutionsSPONSOREDreach resourcesEmerging developer to make Impact in HPA spaceSPONSOREDimpact mineralsIceni adds lithium and nickel potential to 14 Mile Well gold projectSPONSOREDiceni gold limitedSociete Congolaise pour le Traitement du Terril de Lubumbashi (STL) a unit of state-owned miner Gecamines, has begun operations at a hydrometal...Read More

Reach Resources focused on playing role in decarbonisation solutionsSPONSOREDreach resourcesEmerging developer to make Impact in HPA spaceSPONSOREDimpact mineralsIceni adds lithium and nickel potential to 14 Mile Well gold projectSPONSOREDiceni gold limitedThe fund now has around US$4 billion in assets, making it the largest mining private equity fund in the market.   Appian's Fund III closed...Read More

The cause of the fire in the milling section of the plant has yet to be established, with the company not ruling out a technical failure.Read More

Societe Congolaise pour le Traitement du Terril de Lubumbashi (STL) a unit of state-owned miner Gecamines, has begun operations at a hydrometallurgical plant processing tailings from the Big HillRead More

Talbot gave notice in July following intermittent personal leaves that required extended absences from Brazil, Sigma said.Read More

(IDEX Online) - The 11.28-carat Infinite Blue, one of the world's largest blue diamonds, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong for $25.3m.It just missed its $26m to $37m pre-auction estimate, but did achieve the third highest price ever for a blue diamond sold in Asia.The radiant-cut fancy vivid blue VS2 Type IIb stone, set in an 18 karat white and pink gold ring with a halo of pink and white trap...Read More

By some hidden working of unseen forces, legions of ghouls and demons are bursting out of the ground in every other front yard of small-town America. Supposedly hard-up working-class people go all-out constructing Halloween shrines to the totem figures of decay and death, as in some depraved cargo cult competition aimed at hastening our country's descent into chaos.The end can't come soon enough,...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Mountain Province reported a 45 per cent drop in revenue, as the company sought to defend it prices by holding back its higher value goods.During Q3 the miner sold a total of 478,653 carats for US$45.3m from Gahcho Kue, the deposit it operates jointly with De Beers in Canada's Northwest Territories. Average price per carat was US$95.In Q3 2022 Mountain Province sold 805,227 ca...Read More

The technology exploits the fact that individual metals have affinities for different electrical currents, called reduction potentials.Read More

Are you tired of the war in Ukraine?I bet you are.I know I am and it's not even my family that's being killed by Russian rocket fire. That is to say, at least 9,600 Ukrainian civilians have died so far in this conflict, with another 17,000-plus injured.And that's just what's been verified by the U.N. The number will climb as we continue to uncover mass graves throughout Ukraine for the next few de...Read More

Iceni adds lithium and nickel potential to 14 Mile Well gold projectSPONSOREDiceni gold limitedEmerging developer to make Impact in HPA spaceSPONSOREDimpact mineralsReach Resources focused on playing role in decarbonisation solutionsSPONSOREDreach resourcesDue diligence by Albemarle, a big US-based lithium processing specialist, started on September 11 and was expected to take four weeks, with nex...Read More

On March 6, 2020, the mayor of Austin, Texas, canceled the biggest tech and arts trade show in the world, South by Southwest, only a week before hundreds of thousands were to gather in the city.In an instant, with the stroke of a pen, it was all gone: hotel reservations, flight plans, performances, exhibitors and all the hopes and dreams of thousands of merchants in the town. Economic impact: a lo...Read More

The company said the preliminary deal has to be approved by a federal labour tribunal for mining to restart.Read More

The measured and indicated resource totals 377,800oz of gold, with a further inferred resource of 153,900oz.Read More

Nickel is trading at US$18,225.50/t, or $8.26/lb, the lowest since October 2021. It started the year at nearly $31,000/t. Goldman Sachs is forecasting nickel to average just $8.Read More

Reach Resources focused on playing role in decarbonisation solutionsSPONSOREDreach resourcesEmerging developer to make Impact in HPA spaceSPONSOREDimpact mineralsIceni adds lithium and nickel potential to 14 Mile Well gold projectSPONSOREDiceni gold limited"I do believe we are coming close to a point where we are going to be able to make a decision on what is the value maximising route for shareho...Read More

The copper growth was due to higher grades, improved recoveries, and increased mill throughput, said chief executive Stuart McDonald. In March, Taseko acquired an additional 12.Read More

"We've quite clearly been among the banks who are not in the camp of believing that this is a commodity supercycle, and that's very much still our view.Read More

The confirmation from Oregon's technical review team (TRT) that Paramont's Consolidated Permit Application is complete means state agencies can start writing the permit.Read More

The company produced 17% more iron ore pellets quarter-on-quarter.Read More