Digital gold could triple by 2031, WGC estimates
Digital gold could bring $95 billion (C$135 billion) in new money into bullion by 2031 if providers can win investors’ trust, the World Gold Council and Boston Consulting Group estimate….
Europe
Military Metals wins four-year Slovak licence lifeline
Military Metals (CSE: MILI; US-OTC: MILIF) secured four more years to explore its Trojárová antimony-gold project in Slovakia after authorities reversed a decision to cancel its licence. Shares rose. The…
Spain’s Andalucia courts miners with faster permits
The Andalucia region in Spain wants to attract mining investors with faster approvals and access to hundreds of areas covered by expired mineral rights, as Europe seeks the capacity to…
Cartier owner weighs De Beers bid with Signet
Cartier owner Richemont and U.S. jewellery retailer Signet Jewelers (NYSE: SIG) are discussing joining a consortium bidding for Anglo American’s (LSE: AAL) controlling stake in De Beers, Reuters and Bloomberg…
Boron One raises Serbia project economics in updated study
Canadian explorer Boron One Holdings (TSXV: BONE) has outlined a higher projected return, annual revenue and after-tax net present value (NPV) for its Piskanja boron project in Serbia. An updated…
Gold council urges miners to name refiners
Gold miners are being urged to identify the refiners receiving metal from each operating mine under a World Gold Council disclosure framework aimed at making legitimate gold flows easier to…
EU fast-tracks KGHM’s $3.46B Polish copper projects
The European Commission has granted strategic status to two copper projects worth a combined more than 9.5 billion zlotys ($3.46 billion) being developed by Polish state-controlled producer KGHM Polska Miedz…
UK scientists turn to biology in search for cleaner lithium
Researchers at the University of Birmingham are leading a £6.2-million ($8.2-million) project to develop protein-based membranes that could make lithium extraction more selective and potentially less energy-intensive. The three-year initiative,…
Moly heads for 6th straight deficit, record prices: BMO
Molybdenum is on course for a sixth consecutive year of supply deficit in 2027, setting the stage for record prices as strong demand meets a limited pipeline of new production,…
Rock Tech cuts lithium plant cost estimate by 54%
Rock Tech Lithium’s (TSXV: RCK; US-OTC: RCKTF) proposed Ontario lithium refinery will cost $596 million (US$420.9 million), less than half its previous estimate, although the company hasn’t explained most of…
Gold ETF rush defies 8.5% gold price slide
Investors poured a record amount of money into gold-backed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) last quarter even as bullion suffered its sharpest monthly drop of the year, underscoring an unusual split between…
Podcast: Yttrium, Terbium, Erbium, Ytterbium — A brief history of rare earths, ft RMG’s Magnus Ericsson
This week’s episode features Magnus Ericsson, adjunct professor at Luleå University of Technology in Sweden and co-founder of Mineral Economics and the Raw Materials Report, in conversation with host Adrian…