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
Andrada chief executive Anthony Viljoen said the company has completed a tantalum circuit, and initial test work is underway on its lithium circuit, at its Namibia project.Read More
Elevate Uranium buoyed by discoveries and beneficiation processSPONSOREDelevate uraniumLodestar focused on polymetallic potential at flagship Earaheedy projectSPONSOREDlodestar minerals Andrada chief executive Anthony Viljoen said the company has completed a tantalum circuit, and initial test work is underway on its lithium circuit, at its Namibia project.Read More
Following several decades of decline and the complete cessation of metalliferous mining in the UK following the closure of the South Crofty tin mine in Cornwall in 1998, a resurgence of explorationRead More
Greetings from a gorgeous Asti, Italy.Everyone pronounces "IRS," a three-letter agency, as if it were a four-letter word. And for good reason.Because no matter how you slice it, America is a police state writ large now. And police states look an awful lot like the mafia.What's legal isn't always moral.If you've been reading my column for a while, you know I think taxation is theft though it's be...Read More
Elevate Uranium buoyed by discoveries and beneficiation processSPONSOREDelevate uraniumLodestar focused on polymetallic potential at flagship Earaheedy projectSPONSOREDlodestar minerals The mining industry underwent an uncharacteristic outbreak of optimism in 2022.Read More
"It is a crucial industry for the clean economy, with a huge potential for Europe.Read More
Lodestar focused on polymetallic potential at flagship Earaheedy projectSPONSOREDlodestar minerals Elevate Uranium buoyed by discoveries and beneficiation processSPONSOREDelevate uraniumIn July, Canada and Ontario's governments announced production subsidies of up to C$15 billion for Stellantis-LGES. In April, Volkswagen had already fixed support of around C$13.Read More
Kabanga hosts a historical resource of 58Mt grading 2.57% nickel, 0.34% copper and 0.18% cobalt for a 3.28% nickel equivalent, which will likely get bigger by year-end. Read More
Aside from exploration partnerships with majors including BHP, project generator and explorer Encounter Resources' primary focus is its 100%-owned Aileron copper and critical minerals project in the West Arunta, which managing director Will Robinson believes is shaping up as a new niobium-rare earths province with copper potential.Encounter is one of the presenters at the inaugural MiningNews Sele...Read More
Garrett said former operators of Hycroft focused on mining rather than exploration, and the ground between Hycroft and Rosebud, which produced 400,000oz grading 14gpt between 1997 and 2000, has neverRead More
(IDEX Online) - Organizers of a two-day trade show for UK jewelers were forced to abandon the event part way through the first day - after what they described as a "serious security breach".The Company of Master Jewellers (CMJ) told 80 exhibitors and their guests that the threat was "too severe to ignore". Its Autumn Trade Event was reportedly put in lockdown on Sunday 10 September after atte...Read More
Lodestar focused on polymetallic potential at flagship Earaheedy projectSPONSOREDlodestar minerals Elevate Uranium buoyed by discoveries and beneficiation processSPONSOREDelevate uraniumFollowing several decades of decline and the complete cessation of metalliferous mining in the UK following the closure of the South Crofty tin mine in Cornwall in 1998, a resurgence of explorationRead More
Testwork has shown it is possible to produce a gold concentrate containing 50gpt, which is enough to possibly truck it to a processing facility rather than having to build a processing facility onRead More
"We're a discovery company," Sunstone Metals managing director Malcolm Norris says, as the copper-gold explorer continues to reveal the potential at the Bramaderos and El Palmar projects in Ecuador.Norris is one of the presenters at the inaugural MiningNews Select event.Read More
Miramar Resources executive chairman Allan Kelly outlines the upside as the company explores IOCG targets at Whaleshark and nickel-copper-PGE targets at Bangemall, both in the Gascoyne, as well as the gold potential at its projects near Kalgoorlie.Kelly is one of the presenters at the inaugural MiningNews Select event.Read More
"If things go well, by June 2024, we could have our RoD (record of decision) reinstated, and it is reinstated, we are comfortable that we can move forward on the permitting for the mine," saidRead More
The company is guiding 2023 production at 145,000-155,000oz at an all-in-sustaining cost of US$1000-1180/oz. "Switching to grid power will make us $100/oz cheaper," said Downey.Read More
The company is developing a proprietary alkaline leach to heap leach the refractory ore. The company has previously proven its approach works and aims to increase the recovery it obtains.Read More
Lodestar focused on polymetallic potential at flagship Earaheedy projectSPONSOREDlodestar minerals Elevate Uranium buoyed by discoveries and beneficiation processSPONSOREDelevate uraniumOrla has a development pipeline that includes the Cerro Quema gold-copper project in Panama, the South Railroad gold project in Nevada, US and the sulphides at its Camino Rojo gold oxide mine inRead More
Wheaton Precious Metals will provide $5 million of the financing, with management and directors the rest, as the culmination of a series of transactions that saw the company repurchase a 0.Read More