The world’s two largest silver mines have seen their productivity decline substantially due to falling ore grades and rising costs. Gone are the days when silver mines could produce silver at 15-20 ounces per ton. Today, the Primary Silver Mining Industry is likely producing silver at an average yield of…
Regulators in Chile ordered the permanent closure of Barrick’s Pascua Lama Gold Project on their side of the border. This is very bad news for Barrick because the majority of gold mine is located on the Chilean side of the project. The massive Pascua Lama Gold Mine straddles the border…
While the gold mining industry reports energy as only 15-20% of its total production costs, the total amount is much higher. The market underestimates the amount of energy consumed by the gold mining industry because of the way it is listed in their financial statements…
So, why will the U.S. gold market suffer a deficit if gold demand is down sharply this year? Well, it seems as if the culprit is the huge increase in net gold exports. Thus, the U.S. net export deficit will be 225 mt in 2017…
When Columbus arrived in America (1492), the world was only producing 7 million oz of silver a year. Today, the world’s largest primary silver mine, Fresnillo’s Sauicto Mine, produced three times that amount in just one year (22 million oz, 2016).
BHP Billiton, the world’s largest mining company, has finally decided to exit the shale energy industry entirely. BHP CEO is looking forward to getting rid of its shale assets (liabilities) which have been one of the biggest drains on his company’s balance sheet for decades…