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
The company reported a highlight of 2m grading 43.73 grams per tonne gold and 24.Read More
Monumental Minerals (TSXV: MNRL) has signed a deal with Lithium Chile (TSXV: LITH; US-OTC: LTMCF) to have the option to acquire up to 75% of the Salar De Laguna Blanca project in northeastern Chile. Under the deal, Monumental will have to pay $1.5 million and spend the same amount on exploring the Laguna project within three years. Lithium Chile will also hold 9.9% of Monumental's shares. On...Read More
A couple months ago I was sitting in a room with a whole bunch of my peers, talking about the future. We were talking about yearly predictions, or at least what could be in store in the near future.I couldn't have been more wrong.Like so many, I discounted the idea of a European war. I also doubted that anyone would mess with their "bread and butter." Rich getting richer, moving past one of the m...Read More
Today we are dumbstruck. We are awestruck and thunderstruck...That is because we have witnessed a miracle of God. That is correct. Your editor has witnessed a miracle of God.We now know, despite all contrary evidence, that the living God is with us - even in this godless age.For what we have observed is no dime-store or magician's miracle - but an authentic miracle - true as gold, true as the star...Read More
Jeff Currie, Goldman Sachs head of commodity research, joins CNBC's 'Squawk Box' to break down nickel futures after the London Metal Exchange suspended tradi...Read full newsRead More
Surging raw materials costs, made worse by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, could set back the dream of Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk and other auto executives to roll out more affordable electric vehicles.Read full newsRead More
?EUR?A nation that can't control its energy sources can't control its future."- Barack ObamaRead full newsRead More
The indicated open pit resource is now 46.4 million tonnes grading 1.Read More
Highlights included 325.1m grading 0.42% copper equivalent from 15 metres downhole depth with the hole ending in mineralization, and 357m grading 0.Read More
The company reported an intercept of 1,177m grading 0.43% copper and 198 parts per million molybdenum, or 0.Read More
However, their reluctance to take advantage of strong cash flow generation to pay down debt saw the aggregate debt increase 12.4% to $18.Read More
Alma Metals seeks the future of copper in AustraliaSPONSOREDalma metalsBattery materials poised for another strong year in 2022SPONSOREDwood mackenzieShorrocks vies to repeat Bellevue, Auteco successes at CygnusSPONSOREDcygnus goldTrigg buoyed by scoping study, SOP priceSPONSOREDtrigg miningThe funding will allow further exploration, mineral resource expansion and drilling in Kitsault Valley locat...Read More
Mining Journal and MiningNews.Net Copper Outlook ReportSPONSOREDEro Copper touts green focus and shareholder returnsSPONSOREDero copperFor C3 Metals, X marks the spotSPONSOREDc3 metalsGreat Panther, great prospectsSPONSOREDgreat pantherReports about the company are increasingly about its green credentials and the fact it has the highest exposure to energy transition metals than any of the majors.Read More
Mining Journal and MiningNews.Net Copper Outlook ReportSPONSOREDEro Copper touts green focus and shareholder returnsSPONSOREDero copperFor C3 Metals, X marks the spotSPONSOREDc3 metalsGreat Panther, great prospectsSPONSOREDgreat pantherGeodrill hopes that a strong gold price and new contracts will see the good results continue through 2022. The Q4 net income stood at US$2.8 million, or $0.06...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Lucapa today announced a $9.1m investment that will allow it to speed up exploration projects in Angola and Australia, as diamond prices maintain their steep rise.The Australian miner also said it was exploring a strategic collaboration to sell goods from its newly-acquired Merlin mine directly to the luxury jeweler Margot McKinney.Stephen Wetherall, Lucapa's managing director...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Petra says like-for-like rough diamond prices rose by 46.5 per cent in the six months to December 2021 amid strong demand across all sizes and qualities.The UK-based miner today announced sales of $140.6m at Tender 4, an increase of almost 10 per cent on Tender 3. Last week it announced an interim figure for around 80 per cent of sales as it held Tender 4 in South Africa for t...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Luxury brands including LVMH, Richemont, Chanel, Kering and Hermes are suspending their operations in Russia, in response to its invasion of Ukraine.LVMH, which owns Christian Dior, Tiffany & Co, Givenchy, Kenzo, TAG Heuer and Bulgari closed all 124 of its outlets on Sunday in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg, but said it will keep on paying its 3,500 employees.Richemon...Read More
The London-listed equities of Alba Minerals (LSE: ALBA) and GreenRoc Mining (AIM: GROC) rose on Tuesday following a maiden graphite resource for the Greenland-based Amitsoq project.GreenRoc has compiled a Joint Ore Reserves Committee- (JORC) compliant indicated and inferred resources of 8.28 million tonnes at an average grade of 19.75% graphitic carbon, giving a total graphite content of 1.63 mill...Read More
Russia's invasion of Ukraine, already pushing up prices for an array of commodities rapidly higher since it began on Feb. 24 - including adding a record 250% to the price of nickel over the past two days - will have longer-lasting structural effects on metals and mining markets and supply, said BMO Metals and Mining in a report released on Monday. The report "Ukraine & Russia: Identifying Exposur...Read More
Women working across the resource industry continue to face challenges around bullying, discrimination and inequitable treatment, a new report by the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) shows.According to the document, which is based on the responses of 550 people polled for the organization's fourth annual Women in Mining Survey, 70% of female respondents said bullying is com...Read More