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

When Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) acquired Augusta Resources in September 2014 the key objective was to advance its Rosemont copper project, which if put into production will be one of the largest copper mines in the United States.But the acquisition also brought with it a package of patented mining claims on private land within 7 km of the open-pit project, which held about 20 small pick...Read More

The international mining industry is in the early stages of the biggest collective boost it has received for almost 50 years. Arguably, the most recent equivalent was on August 15, 1971, when President Nixon declared that the price of gold would be allowed to float free.Although the U.S. Government did not finally remove the dollar's statutory link to gold until October 1976, the international adh...Read More

Novo Resources (TSX: NVO; US-OTC: NSRPF) has released a preliminary economic assessment for the company's 100%-owned Beatons Creek gold project near the town of Nullagine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, about 296 km southeast of Port Headland and 1,364 km northeast of Perth.The early-stage study envisions an open-pit mine producing 100,000 oz. of gold annually over a six-year mine lif...Read More

The uranium market is emerging from years in the doldrums as the overhang from the nuclear disaster in Japan is cleared and global demand picks up steam. The spot price for U3O8 moved above US$30 per pound for the first time this year as uranium producers and mine developers hoover up above-ground inventories and reactor construction continues apace.Two new research notes from BMO Capital Marke...Read More

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Denmark's Orsted plans to develop an offshore wind farm and adjacent hydrogen plant at the North Sea Port straddling the Dutch-Belgian border, the company said on Wednesday.Read full newsRead More

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China's imports of copper scrap surged over the first two months of 2021, jumping by 60% year-on-year to 191,720 tonnes.Read full newsRead More

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Vancouver, BC - FinCanna Capital Corp. (CSE:CALI) (OTCQB:FNNZF) (the "Company" or "FinCanna"), a royalty company for the U.S. licensed cannabis industry is pleased to announce that its investee company QVI, Inc. doing business as "The Galley", a cannabis infused product manufacturer located in Sonoma County, California has initiated production of Resonate Blends (OTCQB:KOAN), a Cannabis bas...Read More

Vancouver, BC - LEAF Mobile Inc. (TSX: LEAF) ("LEAF" or the "Company") announces its subsidiary company, East Side Games Inc. ("ESG"), has entered into a publishing and IdleKit partnership agreement with Night Garden Studio Inc. ("Night Garden") for the global release of a mobile game on iOS and Android (the "Partnership").This the second collaboration between Night Garden and ESG. The first colla...Read More

Vancouver, BC - Siyata Mobile Inc. (NasdaqCM: SYTA, SYTAW) (the "Company" or "Siyata"), a global vendor of Push-to-Talk over Cellular (PoC) devices and cellular booster systems, is pleased to announce it has closed its previously announced acquisition, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, of all the issued and outstanding shares of ClearRF, LLC (ClearRF), for a total purchase price of US$700,000 wit...Read More

Huntsman Set to Expand Nickel Sulphide Discovery at CanegrassSPONSOREDhuntsman explorationIt declared force majeure in connection with some customer contracts, with concentrate shipments suspended due to COVID-19 precautions at the China-Mongolia border crossings, Turquoise Hill Resources said yesterday.Work was also halted on the troubled underground expansion after two cases of COVID-19 were con...Read More

Helping big and small players in a relatively new business for the mining companies involved is a backdrop of rising fertiliser prices which will help remove some of the risk.Read More

(IDEX Online) - Diamond Foundry says it will no longer describe its lab-gown diamonds simply as "real" on social media, without providing a fuller explanation for consumers. The US-based company, which boasts actor Leonardo di Caprio among its high-profile investors, has agreed to comply with new recommendations made by the National Advertising Division (NAD) watchdog.Brand messages for the c...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Alrosa is delaying its April trading session by a week to avoid excess stock accumulation.The Russian state-owned miner sold $372m of rough and polished in February, a modest seven per cent increase on last year.By contrast De Beers, its biggest rival, saw comparative sales rise more than 50 per cent.Earlier this month Alrosa announced a second extension to its existing three-year...Read More

Micon Awarded Front End Engineering Design and Definitive Feasibility StudySPONSOREDmicon internationalHot Chili rises to the topSPONSOREDhot chiliMarimaca timing its run to meet resurgent demand for copperSPONSOREDmarimaca copperFilo del Sol copper-gold-silver advanced explorationSPONSOREDfilo miningThe success of the current campaign, including a highlight of 942m grading 0.42% copper, 0.32 gram...Read More

Micon Awarded Front End Engineering Design and Definitive Feasibility StudySPONSOREDmicon internationalHot Chili rises to the topSPONSOREDhot chiliMarimaca timing its run to meet resurgent demand for copperSPONSOREDmarimaca copperFilo del Sol copper-gold-silver advanced explorationSPONSOREDfilo miningChile's mining and energy minister Juan Carlos Joblet made a strong investment case for Chile, the...Read More