Spring is in the air! What about the price of silver?(by Half Dollar) Among other things, silver faces the normal barrage of market events and economic conditions this week.Will silver spring forward?"It won't be long before we take out $30!", they say:"It will happen super-duper fast", they also say.Indeed, there is no shortage of Silver "Advocates", much less of Silver Market "Experts".Dang sham...Read More

West Africa an improved opportunitySPONSOREDWorld Copper has economics to back Escalones resource in ChileSPONSOREDworld copper ltd.Marvel Gold stepping up exploration after resource upgradeSPONSOREDmarvel goldAnglesey Mining sharpens focus on the Parys Mountain projectSPONSOREDanglesey mining  Roger was an experienced geologist, who brought his love of the subject to bear in his editing of t...Read More

Bolivia authorized several groups to take samples from its salars, or salt lakes, to develop pilot DLE projects capable of producing lithium-ion battery grade lithium hydroxide.Read More

The resource is based on 127 drill holes for 54,893m, with the company stating that it is a large low-grade deposit, with a smaller high-grade core which lends itself to conventional large-scale open pit mining. The resource does not include the Merlin zone, 2km south of Central-Silicon, and on the same structural trend.The company said it evaluated three broad flowsheets in a conceptual study to...Read More

West Africa an improved opportunitySPONSOREDWorld Copper has economics to back Escalones resource in ChileSPONSOREDworld copper ltd.Marvel Gold stepping up exploration after resource upgradeSPONSOREDmarvel goldAnglesey Mining sharpens focus on the Parys Mountain projectSPONSOREDanglesey mining The company said the board took the decision after completion of a feasibility study that suggested offer...Read More

Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.Both nickel and copper possess properties that give them a central role in the drive for a greener future. While demand from existing use cases will continue to grow steadily, electric vehicle (EV) and energy storage applications will...Read More

Shares in the firm fell 10.7% or C$0.12 to C$1.00 on the Toronto Stock Exchange.Read More

Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.Last year presented a unique challenge to metals and mining players: how to make sense of disorientating price volatility and a dizzying array of market signals. We expect 2022 to provide some respite from the frenetic pace of 2021 &n...Read More

Canada-based The Metals Company (TMC), which is aiming to develop deepsea polymetallic nodules in the Pacific Ocean, has successfully lowered its pilot nodule collector vehicle to the North Sea seabedRead More

RAPAPORT... Two more luxury brands have curtailed their involvement in the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) as the fallout from the Russia-Ukraine war continues.Bulgari stepped down from the organization's board last week, parent company LVMH said Monday in an email to Rapaport News. The Italian jeweler - which represents LVMH and its other brands at the RJC - will remain a member of the s...Read More

RAPAPORT... Christie's is set to offer 128 Patek Philippe watches from a private collector in three sales across the globe.The assortment, called the Kairos Collection, is the finest group of contemporary timepieces by the designer ever to come to auction, Christie's said last week. The watches were acquired over 35 years.The auction house will feature 30 pieces in the first part of its May 9 Gene...Read More

EMX Royalty posted a loss of C$29.7 million for 2021, higher than the C$6 million loss made in the previous year.  The loss included C$10.Read More

RAPAPORT... An early 20th-century ruby and diamond ring garnered nearly eight times its high estimate following a bidding war at a recent Fellows auction.The piece, which featured an unheated 2.20-carat Burmese ruby and 0.65 carats of old-cut diamonds, fetched GBP 19,140 ($25,265) at the March 31 jewelry sale, smashing its upper presale estimate of GBP 2,500 ($3,300). The final price is one of the...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The planet Mercury could be awash with diamonds, say experts.Their research suggests its heavily-cratered surface could be home to 16 quadrillion tons of diamonds.A quadrillion is a million billion - or one followed by 15 zeros. And that measurement is in tons, not carats.The research was presented at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) in Houston, Texas, USA. Ke...Read More

West Africa an improved opportunitySPONSOREDWorld Copper has economics to back Escalones resource in ChileSPONSOREDworld copper ltd.Marvel Gold stepping up exploration after resource upgradeSPONSOREDmarvel goldAnglesey Mining sharpens focus on the Parys Mountain projectSPONSOREDanglesey mining That view was evident in comments made last week by the Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, w...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Alrosa has quit the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC).The move came days after the RJC's own executive director resigned in frustration that the miner - a third owned by the Russian government - had been allowed to remain as a member.Alrosa stood down as vice chair of the London-based watchdog shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February, but did not suspend its membe...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Allegations of a $200m rough diamond and foreign exchange scam involving customs officers in Mumbai are being investigated by India's Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), the Free Press Journal reports.The Mumbai-based newspaper says the DRI stumbled upon corrupt "hawala" transactions - money transfer without money movement - allegedly carried out with the connivance of...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The IDEX Polished Price Index rose steeply over a couple of days early in March, but declined steadily day by day during the rest of the month. The initial leap outweighed subsequent losses, so the Index closed up 0.54 per cent on the start of the month, setting another decade-high record.  But the trend since the 5th of the month has clearly been downwards...Read More

It followed seven weeks of negotiations and involves around 1,300 union employees at the copper complex which is near Salt Lake City.Read More

"Our updated mineral reserve estimate is an indication of Chelopech's consistent track record of replacing mineral reserves, and we believe there is strong potential to continue this trend," president and CEO of Dundee David Rae said. The new life-of-mine plan predicts gold production in 2022 of 171,000oz, which is up from the previous plan's 158,000oz. There has been little change to 2023 an...Read More