Top miners’ reclamation obligations could surpass industry’s total debt by 2033
Environmental reclamation and site restoration costs for 24 major mining companies reached $72 billion in 2023, up from $40 billion in 2013.
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Short-seller blasts New Found Gold for lack of resource after oodles of drilling
Shares in New Found Gold (TSXV: NFG, NYSE: NFGC) closed 5% weaker on Thursday after short-selling analyst Iceberg Research accused the explorer of misleading investors about its Queensway gold project in Newfoundland….
CHART: Global mining and metals – a reality check
A new report by McKinsey’s energy and materials practice outlines a global mining and metals industry emerging from a few years of boom and bust and price fluctuations the consulting…
Fed cuts rate by 0.5%, gold rises
The United States Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to a range of 4.75% to 5% on Wednesday as the majority of analysts expected. Gold…
How the natural diamond industry could have taken down its lab-grown competition
Years ago, I noticed a plaque hanging on the wall in a private equity group in London’s Mayfair that read: “The Roman Empire wasn’t built by holding committee meetings; it…
Beaver Creek: Rule, Hathaway, Giustra reflect on surging gold price, humdrum equities
Beaver Creek, Col. – Industry leaders debated the roles of economic uncertainty, inflation and monetary policy in driving gold to a record high this week even as many gold equities…
Putin’s exports threat lifts uranium, nickel producers
Stocks in nickel and uranium producers gained this week when Russian President Vladimir Putin floated the idea of limiting metals exports, refueling geopolitics as a top risk, mining analysts said….
EV slump powers platinum supply deficit, miners say
The third-lowest platinum mining output this century can’t keep up with rising investment demand, jewelry and a sustained traditional car market using catalytic converters, according to an industry group. A…
Beaver Creek: Gold to soon hit US$3,000 amid short-term pullback
Gold is set to surge to at least US$3,000 per oz., says Florian Grummes, CEO of Midas Touch Consulting. But a short-term pullback to the US$2,050–US$2,150 range might happen first,…
Australian gold production declines as miners adapt to record prices
Australia, the largest gold producer after China, produced slightly less of the yellow metal in the 12 months to June 30 as miners adjusted strategies for record high prices even…
Editorial: Mining-powered rockets vs dockets
As we look in the waning days of summer to the United States’ Southwest in this edition, it strikes us that there’s been a staggering number of days that only…
Kodak never saw it coming either. How lab-grown diamonds rocked the industry
Since early 2022, the price of polished natural diamonds has fallen roughly 40%. The industry is being buffeted by negative economic headwinds, an excess of mine supply and too much…