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 High Court of Manchester, northwestern England, on Nov. 9, blocked a ?5 billion (US$6.6 billion) lawsuit against BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP) over a devastating dam collapse at an iron ore mine in Brazil in 2015, which killed 19 people and became the worst environmental disaster in the country's history.The suit, filed last year by 235,000 Brazilian people and groups including Indigenous tribes...Read More

Japan's top smelter, JX Nippon Mining & Metals, is buying a stake in its majority-owned Caserones copper mine in Chile, which was put up for sale on Nov.9 by its partners in the operation, Mitsui & Co and Mitsui Mining and Smelting.The move doesn't come as a surprise as Caserones has been a source of ongoing worries for its owners, even before it began producing in May 2014.The project's cost m...Read More

Caldas Gold (TSXV: CGC; US-OTC: ALLXF) reported high-grade assays from its Marmato asset in Colombia, including a record 5.73 grams gold per tonne and 5.2 grams silver per tonne over 63 metres from 356 metres downhole. The intercept in drill hole MT-IU-076 was part of a broader 386-metre intersection of 2.34 grams gold and 3.5 grams silver starting from 312 metres in the New Zone, which remains op...Read More

Pantoro bullish on bigger production profileSPONSOREDpantoro limitedGenesis opens new chapter at UlyssesSPONSOREDgenesis mineralsRemote Pitram deployment puts miners in the driver's seat Amid Covid ClosuresSPONSOREDmicromine'Best discovery in my time': De Grey on the march at HemiSPONSOREDde grey miningThe Toronto-based company said adjusted profit for the three months ended September...Read More

Share this articleCALGARY - There's opportunity for Canada to help supply the world's growing need for "energy transition metals" used in electric vehicle and power storage batteries but it faces stiff competition from other countries, especially China, observers say.Last month, the federal and Ontario governments announced they will each contribute $295 million to help Ford Canada produce electri...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The Damtshaa mine, in Botswana, will reportedly close for three years as COVID-19 disruption and the consequent weak demand renders it unviable.The Debswana-operated deposit produces around 500,000-carats annually of lower-value diamonds - just 2.5 per cent of the country's total output.Joseph Tsimako, president of the Botswana Mine Workers Union told the Reuters news agency o...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A rare 6.70-carat VS1 natural fancy deep yellow diamond from the famous Zimmi mine, in Sierra Leone, could fetch as much as $705,000 at auction.Canary yellow diamonds from Zimmi can command double the price of other fancy yellows because of their uniquely high color saturation levels. Yellow Zimmi stones over five carats are extremely rare. This gem (pictured) will lead the Ti...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Chow Tai Fook says it is about to revolutionize diamond grading with its own AI-powered system that assigns numeric values to the 4Cs.The Chinese jewelry giant says customers will understand the new results more easily, and benefit from greater reliability of its automated system.The artificial intelligence engine has analyzed over 20 million pieces of multi-perspective diamond ima...Read More

Earlier this month, Madagascar's government suspended a controversial gold-mining operation in Vohilava commune in the country's southeast. Many local people welcomed the news, which comes after years of tension over the project's environmental and economic impact and a recent demonstration against it. In early September, local people who oppose the project destroyed company equipment, throwing [....Read More

Short-term valuation analysis implies major gold stocks still have another 10-20% downside.Read full newsRead More

Vancouver, BC - Graphite One Inc. (TSX-V:GPH | OTCQX:GPHOF) ("Graphite One" or the "Company") announces an adjustment to the net smelter royalty purchase entered into with a third party on October 8, 2020.ADJUSTMENT TO THE PURCHASE OF NET SMELTER PRODUCTION ROYALTYOn October 15, 2020, the Company announced that it had entered into an agreement (the "original NSR Purchase Agreement") to acqu...Read More

Lygend Resources & Technology HPAL plant on Obi Island in eastern Indonesia will not commence operations until March 2021.Read full newsRead More

African Gold Group (TSXV:AGG) has launched its campaign on the Investing News Network.Read full newsRead More

Volcanic Gold Mines Inc. (TSXV:VG, FWB:CKC1) has launched its campaign on the Investing News Network.Read full newsRead More

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November 5, 2020- New Gold Inc. ("New Gold" or the "Company") (TSX and NYSE American: NGD) reports third quarter results for the Company as of September 30, 2020 and reaffirms its revised annual consolidated guidance, with all-in sustaining costs expected to be below guidance levelsRead full newsRead More

The close US election race means the predicted "blue wave" following a Joe Biden victory may turn out to be more of a "blue ripple", says Jefferies, which is now expecting a "skinny" stimulus ofRead More