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

We are all familiar with the principles and practice of recycling and re-using, and for many it is a common practice of daily life. Our society has a long history of recycling glass, aluminium cans, plastic (in all its forms), cars, scrap metal, jewelry, electronics, paper and so on. We increasingly re-use clothing, vinyl is back and vintage wear is now a high-fashion statement. What if reduce, re...Read More

OceanaGold (TSX: OGC; ASX: OGC) has received permits for three deposits at its Macraes gold mine, about 60 km north of Dunedin in the South Island of New Zealand, that will allow it to extend the life of the mine from 2021 to 2028. The permits will enable the development of the new Golden Point Underground Mine (GPUG), extend the Deepdell North Stage III open-pit deposit, and expand mineralisati...Read More

AWS, OpsGuru, Xerris - Thought Leadership Panel - GMS: November 12th, 2020 from The Northern Miner on Vimeo.Read More

Unless you've been living beyond the hinterlands, you've been blitzed by 5G ads by now, I'm sure.The biggest beneficiaries of 5G tech so far? The marketing staff of phone makers and carriers.Here's the thing though. The numbers are in, and 5G - for lack of a better term - kinda sucks.Here's the thing about THAT though - it's good for us.The marketing blitz for 5G from the big names in the business...Read More

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Vancouver, BC - IsoEnergy Ltd. (TSX-V: ISO | OTCQX: ISENF) is pleased to announce that, in connection with its previously announced bought deal private placement financing (the "Offering"), it has entered into an agreement with Haywood Securities Inc. (the "Underwriter") to increase the size of the Offering to 2,702,703 flow-through common shares of the company (the "FT Shares") at a price of...Read More

The headlong rush for that gold is one of the ugliest market forces in the world.Read full newsRead More

While you might not strike rich, you can enjoy the great outdoors and take part in a historic Colorado pastime by gold panning along the river.Read full newsRead More

The UK capital leapfrogged the TSX and ASX, where US$3 billion and US$1.8 billion respectively was raised, having trailed the two miner-heavy exchanges for the previous four quarters.Read More

(IDEX Online) - A woman passenger flying from Dubai was caught smuggling diamonds worth almost $600,000 into Ukraine. Customs officers seized polished stones weighing over 50 grams yesterday at the Boryspil International Airport after a tip-off. The woman, a Ukrainian national, was found to have 38 small plastic bags of diamonds, sorted by size, according to UNIAN, the Ukrainian Independent Inform...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The largest gem-quality colored rough diamond ever recovered at Lulo, Angola, has been cut and polished into a 15.2-carat heart shape and two smaller stones.Trading reforms brought in by the country's government last year will allow mine operator Sociedade Mineira Do Lulo (SML) to seek higher prices than it would previously achieve at mine gate.  Australian miner Luc...Read More

Look beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipGenesis opens new chapter at UlyssesSPONSOREDgenesis mineralsDigbee talks the rebirth of independent investment researchSPONSOREDdigbee'Best discovery in my time': De Grey on the march at HemiSPONSOREDde grey miningBig movers in the top 10 of the latest list were US-based copper miner Southern Copper Company, which rose si...Read More

Genesis opens new chapter at UlyssesSPONSOREDgenesis mineralsDigbee talks the rebirth of independent investment researchSPONSOREDdigbee'Best discovery in my time': De Grey on the march at HemiSPONSOREDde grey miningPantoro bullish on bigger production profileSPONSOREDpantoro limited‘Aussie Mine 2020: Resourcing the recovery' canvasses the financial and operating performance of the 50...Read More

Sustainability consulting firm ERM says the mining industry needs to do more to prevent tailings dam disasters and notes that a further possible 19 incidents with tailings facilities could occur over the next decade.In a report released last month, ERM reviewed the dam failure incident reports of 11 major dam failures over the last 12 years and concluded that "basic organizational and human factor...Read More

Samarco is expected to resume activities this month, five years after the Fund??o dam tragedy.On November 5, 2015, the dam, owned by Samarco - controlled by Vale (NYSE: VALE) and BHP (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) - burst, releasing 39.2 million cubic meters of tailings waste in the Rio Doce Basin, killing 19 people. At the time it was Brazil's biggest environmental disaster. Brazilian prosecutors said in...Read More

The most recent resource update from Quebec-focused junior QMX Gold (TSXV: QMX) includes meaningful resource growth across all categories and adds an initial underground resource at the 200-sq.-km Bonnefond property in the Val d'Or mining camp.Indicated resources (wholly in the open pit category) within the East zone of the Bonnefond deposit now stand at 7.4 million tonnes grading 1.67 grams gold...Read More

According to GlobalData's latest report, M&A deals in the U.S. metals and mining industry for the third quarter of 2020 totaled US$1.59 billion. The valuation is a decrease of 13% from the previous quarter, and also marks a drop of 10.9% in comparison to the last four-quarter average of US$1.79 billion.Globally, third quarter metals and mining industry M&A deal values totalled US$7.21 billion, of...Read More