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 US Department of Energy's Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Prize granted Everledger, HP, Call2Recycle and Fairphone a $357,000 cash award so that the group can continue working on a project called "Closing the loop on portable lithium-ion batteries." The initiative aims to help the DoE capture 90% of all discarded or spent lithium-based batteries in the United States for the eventual recovery...Read More

Sweden scored 74 out of 100 in the most recent IRI analysis published in October last year as part of the Mining Journal World Risk Report (feat. MineHutte ratings). This gave the country an A rating and placed it 10th among a universe of 111 jurisdictions covered. However, Sweden's mineral output and broader foreign direct investment into mining lagged prolific mineral producers, some of whi...Read More

Over the last few decades, semiconductors have become more and more a part of everyday life. From computer chips, to cellphones, to electric vehicles and video games, they've become more integrated with your day to day than you may have realized. Something else you may or may not have noticed is the chip shortage that is currently underway. There is a massive push for more semiconductors.Also c...Read More

The beatings will continue until morale improves. The Hon. Jerome H. Mr. Powell, in statements this Tuesday:There is a long way to go to maximum employment... We live in a time where there is significant disinflationary pressures around the world and where essentially all major advanced economy's central banks have struggled to get to 2% (inflation). We believe we can do it, we believe we will do...Read More

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President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he would seek $37 billion in funding for legislation to supercharge chip manufacturing in the United States as a shortfall of semiconductors has forced U.S. automakers and other manufacturers to cut production.Read full newsRead More

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In northern Nevada, the gold mining industry has dominated for decades. Now Nevada lawmakers want to tap into that vein of wealth to ease the pandemic-induced budget crunch.Read full newsRead More

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Underground drilling at the Island Main zone, completed off of the 840-level exploration drift, expanded high-grade gold mineralization by up to 200 metres to the east of existing reserves, in a 300-metre gap between reservesRead full newsRead More

Vancouver, BC - Venzee Technologies Inc. (TSX-V: VENZ) (the "Corporation" or "Venzee") an intelligent SaaS platform used for distribution of product information to any retailer globally, announces growing Mesh Connector?,,? sales and additional channel requests from a New York Stock Exchange-listed Fortune 1000 global hardware company with annual revenue in excess of $3 billion per year.The client...Read More

Coal output in the South American nation, the world's fifth largest exporter, hit a 16-year low in 2020 at 54.1 million tonnes, a 33% fall from the 80.3Mt in 2019 and 82.Read More

Share this articleVANCOUVER - American Lithium Corp. (TSX-V: LI, OTCQB: LIACF, Frankfurt: 5LA1) reported it has been named to the 2021 TSX Venture 50, an annual ranking of top-performing listed companies on the TSX Venture Exchange.The 2021 TSX Venture 50 is an annual ranking of the top-performing listed companies from five industry sectors: Clean Technology and Life Sciences, Diversified Indust...Read More

(IDEX Online) - GIA has reported new instances of gems being submitted for grading with fraudulent inscriptions.The diamonds were either lab-grown or treated naturals but bore inscriptions on their girdles relating to natural or untreated stones.Last month its Johannesburg lab identified three cases of synthetic moissanite being passed off as diamonds, all bearing fake inscriptions.In the more rec...Read More

(IDEX Online) - De Beers has reportedly increased prices for the third Sight in a row, as demand for rough keeps getting stronger.The UK-based miner doesn't comment on prices but insiders say they're up four per cent, especially among stones over one-carat, at the Sight in Gabarone, Botswana, that concludes on Friday.Prices were reportedly up by five per cent last month, when De Beers so...Read More