Diamond stocks stronger than ever: analyst Des Kilalea
Fresh off RBC Capital Markets’ 8th annual diamond conference, held in March in Toronto, Diamonds in Canada interviewed RBC mining analyst Des Kilalea in late March. Kilalea discussed the state…
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Miners recover from heavy rainfall in the Atacama
VANCOUVER — Recent torrential rainfall in the Atacama desert in northern Chile has affected global copper markets. The prolific region hosts major mines, and the recent weather has triggered operational closures that have driven prices…
Facts ‘n’ figures: Tracking trends in global gold recycling
The following is an edited excerpt from the World Gold Council and the Boston Consulting Group’s report The Ups and Downs of Gold Recycling. For more information and to access the full report, visit www.gold.org.
‘Gold not losing its shine yet,’Barclays says
The era of double-digit growth in demand for metals is over, as China’s economy moves from investments in fixed asset growth and industries that are metal-intensive towards domestic consumption and the service sector, Barclays Bank states…
PDAC 2015: Why Rick Rule stays optimistic in bleak markets
Sprott US Holdings chairman Rick Rule says the current bear market will be remembered as “the good old days.”
PDAC 2015: Scotiabank’s Patricia Mohr predicts ‘modest’ recovery in commodity prices
Commodity prices this year have fallen below the previous recessionary lows of early 2009, and are now at levels not seen since January 2007, Patricia Mohr, vice-president of economics at Scotiabank, said during a presentation at the…
Editorial: Easy does it for the Fed
The U.S. Federal Open Market Committee’s latest statement on March 18 after its two-day meeting drew attention from those keen on understanding the health of the global economy, including commodity investors and miners.
Editorial: No end in sight for iron ore glut
Ten weeks into 2015, and many of the world’s iron ore miners are on edge as iron ore prices set new lows, and the finger-pointing begins as to who is contributing to the problems besetting the industry.
PDAC 2015: The ‘first green shoots have emerged’
With metal markets being the number-one indicator for the health of the global mineral exploration industry, a great way to kick off the technical program of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada convention in Toronto is to…
Editorial: Gold a ray of hope in a weary market
The Vancouver Resource Investment Conference in mid-January is usually a great way to gauge the mood of the Canadian junior mining scene in the year ahead, and this year was no different.
Facts ‘n’ figures: US Mint sells record number of Silver Eagle coins in 2014
The following is an edited report from The Silver Institute, a Washington D.C.-based non-profit industry association. For more information visit www.silverinstitute.org.
Commentary: China’s declining coal dependence
The latest energy-market numbers from the Chinese government show an acceleration of a remarkable phenomenon that emerged from 2012 to 2014. The bottom line today is that the traditional nexus between real gross domestic product (GDP) growth,…