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) - Australian miner Lucapa today reported further positive results from bulk sampling of three kimberlite targets at its Lulo mine, in Angola.The most encouraging kimberlite (L440) yielded eight diamonds with a total weight of 4.16 carats, the largest of which weighed 2.04 carats, from 1,460m3 of material.Lucapa says the primary sources for the large, high-value alluvial diamonds alre...Read More

Bushveld reported sales volumes up 27% year-on-year, to 2,096t of vanadium, in the six months to June 2023, thanks to higher production.Read More

Should market participants be concerned about the possible government shutdown at midnight on Sept. 30?It's too soon to answer that question definitively, but it's not too soon for investors to take some defensive action.If it does happen, it'll be different from those that have gone before. Let's break it all down...While most of us keep our books and records on a Dec. 31 fiscal year, the U.S. go...Read More

Along with his Canadian counterparts, Nishimura signed two memorandums of cooperation - one on battery supply chains, and one on industrial science and technology.Read More

Dear Outsider,If you've been reading us for some time, you've surely picked up on a few things.We tell you the unvarnished truth...We take responsibility for our mistakes...And we always try to get to the good grass first.Take the news that came out of Cathie Wood's ARK Invest last week.She just doubled down on an obscure stock that we've been writing about for over a year.I'll reveal that stock i...Read More

Why an Early, Integrated Approach to Mine Closure?SPONSOREDsrk consultingEmerging developer to make Impact in HPA spaceSPONSOREDimpact mineralsIceni adds lithium and nickel potential to 14 Mile Well gold projectSPONSOREDiceni gold limitedMiramar Resources leveraged to exploration success SPONSOREDmiramar resourcesThe mining projects are in the states of Tocantins, Pará, Paraíba, Pern...Read More

Miramar Resources leveraged to exploration success SPONSOREDmiramar resourcesIceni adds lithium and nickel potential to 14 Mile Well gold projectSPONSOREDiceni gold limitedEmerging developer to make Impact in HPA spaceSPONSOREDimpact mineralsWhy an Early, Integrated Approach to Mine Closure?SPONSOREDsrk consultingThe junior gold sector malaise has lacked a definition, a crystallisation into a sing...Read More

The agreement also covers 22,500 hectares in the adjoining Duke and Lac Barry properties. Duke is 70% owned by Bonterra and 30% by Osisko.Read More

Why an Early, Integrated Approach to Mine Closure?SPONSOREDsrk consultingEmerging developer to make Impact in HPA spaceSPONSOREDimpact mineralsIceni adds lithium and nickel potential to 14 Mile Well gold projectSPONSOREDiceni gold limitedMiramar Resources leveraged to exploration success SPONSOREDmiramar resourcesBHP, Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals Group (FMG, Australia's three biggest iron ore pr...Read More

The overrun sees the company looking to reformulate the project as the cost overshot is beyond the tolerance range for the company, which initially budgeted $1.4 billion to develop the project.Read More

When I talk about the war on cash and a cashless society, some people think I'm exaggerating the threat or they don't take it seriously.But I'm not exaggerating the threat. It's here, it's growing and it'll only get worse. Today I'll show you the latest example.The proponents of the cashless society cite convenience as a major benefit. Why bother having to tote a bunch of cumbersome cash and coins...Read More

Kodal Minerals said Mali's National Directorate of Geology and Mines has confirmed its license to mine at Bougouni, despite recent changes to the mining code.Read More

Why an Early, Integrated Approach to Mine Closure?SPONSOREDsrk consultingEmerging developer to make Impact in HPA spaceSPONSOREDimpact mineralsIceni adds lithium and nickel potential to 14 Mile Well gold projectSPONSOREDiceni gold limitedMiramar Resources leveraged to exploration success SPONSOREDmiramar resourcesAlong with his Canadian counterparts, Nishimura signed two memorandums of cooperation...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Long-term demand for diamonds will increase in China, says De Beers, despite a slow recovery from Covid lockdowns and a decade of declining marriage numbers.The bigger picture is that consumers in China currently account for 10 per cent of diamond purchases globally and demand closely tracks the country's economic growth.De Beers acknowledges in its newly-published research -...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Alrosa's suspension of rough sale has been welcomed by India's GJEPC (Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council) as a positive move to combat overstocking.Russia's state-controlled diamond miner last week confirmed that it had cancelled sales in September and October to stabilize a volatile market.Vipul Shah, GJEPC chairman, said he'd approached a number of dia...Read More

If you listen to conventional economists, everything’s rosy: Thanks to the expansion of alt-energy like wind and solar, energy is getting cheaper, batteries will power the new global economy, we’re getting smarter.Just look at the rising number of advanced college degrees, wages are finally growing, inflation is trending down, household balance sheets and corporate profits are strong,...Read More

Miramar Resources leveraged to exploration success SPONSOREDmiramar resourcesIceni adds lithium and nickel potential to 14 Mile Well gold projectSPONSOREDiceni gold limitedEmerging developer to make Impact in HPA spaceSPONSOREDimpact mineralsWhy an Early, Integrated Approach to Mine Closure?SPONSOREDsrk consultingThe coloured stone miner reported revenue down by 20% year-on-year, to US$153.6 milli...Read More

Miramar Resources leveraged to exploration success SPONSOREDmiramar resourcesIceni adds lithium and nickel potential to 14 Mile Well gold projectSPONSOREDiceni gold limitedEmerging developer to make Impact in HPA spaceSPONSOREDimpact mineralsWhy an Early, Integrated Approach to Mine Closure?SPONSOREDsrk consultingIn September, Toronto Stock Exchange released its annual TSX30 list, ranking the 30 b...Read More

The coloured stone miner reported revenue down by 20% year-on-year, to US$153.6 million in the half-year. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization fell to $73.Read More

Vale answered a submission from Mining Journal at the end of last week, after reports in Brazilian newspaperRead More