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

Peru's economy and finance minister has cast further doubt about Southern Copper's (NYSE: SCCO) long-delayed US$1.4 billion Tia Maria project by saying he believed the proposed mine in the southern Islay province was "socially and politically" unfeasible. "T?-a Mar?-a has already gone through three or four waves of community and governmental attempts of repression and death. I don't think it...Read More

An updated feasibility study for Ero Copper's (TSX: ERO; NYSE: ERO) Boa Esperanca project in Brazil has doubled life-of-mine copper production and increased the mine life to 12 years from nine. The previous study on the IOCG-type copper project was completed in 2017.The updated feasibility is based on a 93% increase in contained copper in reserves at the project since the initial study. Total life...Read More

Yesterday, Vale SA (NYSE: VALE) informed the public that 39 miners were trapped in the underground Totten nickel mine at Sudbury, Ontario, after an incident that occurred on Sunday. There were no injuries, and all employees reported to the refuge stations where they had food, water and communication with the surface.On Sunday, Sept. 26, a load-haul-dumper bucket slung under the cage became hung up...Read More

It is a difficult time to be an iron ore analyst, especially if you're also a European golfer.The 43rd biennial clash between golfing teams from the United States and Europe has just ended, with the Americans handing a thrashing to the team from my side of the pond. I report this without any personal aptitude for the game, having never got past the point where throwing the ball was preferable. In...Read More

This week's episode features Rohan Reddy, research analyst at Global X, a New York-based provider of global exchange-traded funds, including the Global X uranium ETF. In this wide-ranging interview, Reddy explains how uranium has largely risen in price as a result of investor demand, in particular Wall Street Bets. Nevertheless, Rohan expects an ongoing deficit in supply to keep pushing the marke...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Mountain Province sold $74.1m of diamonds in Q3 of 2021 as prices remained strong.The Canadian miner, which jointly operates Gahcho Kue (pictured), in Northwest Territories, with De Beers, reported sales of 1,028,327 carats, at an average price (USD) per carat of $91.Mountain Province bounced back from a loss of $18.3m last Q2 to a net income of $21.4m in the corresponding period f...Read More

It was another bad day for the stock market today. The major indexes were down big on fears of rising Treasury yields (I don't believe they'll continue to rise, but that's a story for a different day).Are you thinking of parking your money in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin as an alternative to stocks?I'm not here to tell anyone what to do with their money, but you might want to think twice…Ch...Read More

Dear Outsiders,You may recall a certain Seinfeld episode about chips...Now, I think Jerry Seinfeld is kind of a hack, but in keeping with my current focus on death and comedians, I'll share this gem with you. While attending a wake, George Costanza dips a tortilla chip, takes half a bite and then does the unthinkable: dips the same chip into the dip. At that point another mourner named Timmy gives...Read More

Tom Hoskyns from Mining Journal speaks to Greg Johnson, CEO and Chairman of Metallic Minerals about their portfolio of three projects (including Copper project La Palta) and the news flow investors should expect to see in the coming months.Metallic Minerals Corp. (TSX-V: MMG / OTCQB: MMNGF) is a growth stage exploration company focused on the acquisition and development of high-grade silver and go...Read More

Mining Journals Tom Hoskyns speaks to Nova Royalty CEO and Co-founder Alex Tsukernik. Royalties are seen as a traditional precious metals play.Alex outlines Nova Royalty focus on copper and why a Royalty company is an attractive route for investors looking to benefit from the energy transition.Nova Royalty is a copper and nickel focused royalty and streaming company.Copper and nickel are critical...Read More

Tom Hoskyns from Mining Journal speaks to World Copper Ltd CEO, Nolan Peterson about their new, 426 million tonne oxide copper resource, at the Escalones Project in Chile.  Nolan outlines a planned drill program as the company advances to a PEA in the coming months.  Nolan also discusses World Copper's acquisition of the Zonia oxide copper resource in Arizona and the favourable economics...Read More

Vancouver, Canada - TheNewswire - September 2 7 2021 - Nexus GoldRead full newsRead More

(IDEX Online) - The world's third largest rough diamond - a 1,174.76- carat clivage stone recovered at Karowe, Botswana -  has gone on display at a New York hotel.The baseball-sized gem (pictured) is being shown at at the Whitby Hotel, in upper midtown Manhattan, by miner Lucara and manufacturer HB Antwerp.They're keen to highlight the stone's natural state, says a Reuters repo...Read More

The company just reported a maiden resource at the project of which 82% is in the measured and indicated categories, some 81.67 million tonnes grading 0.65% copper and 0.Read More

Drilling highlights included 396m grading 0.42% copper equivalent from surface within a broader intercept of 1,213m grading 0.28% copper equivalent, collared about 1,300m east of Warintza Central.Read More

London-based private equity fund Appian Capital is said to be in advanced negotiations to sell its Atlantic Nickel unit in Brazil for around US$1 billion, with Canada's Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A /TECK.B; NYSE: TCK) cited as one of the likely buyers. According to the O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper, the Vancouver-based miner's main interest is Atlantic Nickel's Santa Rita open pit nickel-cobal...Read More

Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) pledged this week that it will achieve net negative greenhouse gas (GHG) emission no later than 2050. To reach that goal, the company has two separate global targets.The first target relates to reductions in Scope 1 (direct) and Scope 2 (indirect-energy) emissions. Initial work will focus on defining specific options to address the largest sources - heavy and light ve...Read More

On Monday, the ordinary shares of GreenRoc Mining (AIM: GROC) started trading on London's junior AIM platform. The explorer seeks to capitalize on the growing demand for critical minerals its stable of Greenlandic assets could produce.The company was created to buy the spun-out assets of Alba Mineral Resources (AIM: ALBA).In its IPO, GreenRoc raised ?5.1 million (US$6.9 million). It issued 111.2...Read More

Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KL) rose nearly 8.5% in early trading Monday after IKN News released a statement Sunday saying the gold miner was "marketing itself to the highest bidder."According to the report, the sales process is in an advanced stage, with at least four companies still in the process and "one has now emerged as the clear favorite," although that company is not specified."This deal cou...Read More

Chinese miner MMG once again will have to halt operations at its Las Bambas copper mine in Peru, one of the country's largest, as community protests in the nearby province of Chumbivilcas have affected supply logistics. The blockade on public roads along Peru's major copper transport corridor has impacted the company's concentrate shipments and sales, the company says. While production at th...Read More