Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More

The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More

Commenting on the news that offshore driller Ensco will buy Rowan in a $2.38 billion deal, Leslie Cook, principal analyst, Wood Mackenzie, said: "As we have been saying for the past two years, consolidation among drillers is paramount to a recovery. In that respect, this announcement comes as no surprise."Ensco and Rowan are companies that have strong brand recognition in both the jack-up and floa...Read More

For details on how your data is used and stored, see our Privacy Notice. It’s a little over a year since the US Inflation Reduction Act was passed into law. Solar was one of the main beneficiaries, thanks to an extension and expansion of the tax credits available to the industry. So why has the sector fallen out of favour with investors recently?August was a difficult month for the...Read More

Sunrun has agreed to acquire Vivint Solar in an all-stock transaction. The deal is valued at $3.2 billion including debt.Commenting on the deal, Ravi Manghani, Wood Mackenzie Research Director, said: "Per Wood Mackenzie’s US PV Leaderboard, Sunrun and Vivint have been the #1 and #2 residential solar companies in the US for the past few years. Sunrun holds about 9% of the market share and Viv...Read More

Wood Mackenzie’s latest analysis reveals that China’s crude stock (including strategic and commercial petroleum reserves) could reach 1.15 billion barrels in 2020, equivalent to 83 days of oil demand.Wood Mackenzie senior consultant Lei Sun said: “Major crude oil importers such as China have been known to build their strategic reserves when prices are low, as seen in previous oil...Read More

Electric vehicle (EV) sales are expected to reach 45 million units per year by 2040, with a total global EV stock of 323 million, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie.Both projections have been revised down 2% when compared to Wood Mackenzie's pre-coronavirus forecast, with the pandemic delaying total vehicle sales by two years.Responses to the pandemic from China and Europe have strongly...Read More

For details on how your data is used and stored, see our Privacy Notice.Coronavirus, supply disruptions, muted demand and the oil price plunge have sent shockwaves across the petrochemical industry. Year-on-year profits have been considerably reduced. So how is the industry handling the blow, and what does it mean for balance sheets, budgets and planned projects?Profit margins have been squeezedCo...Read More

BHP has made an all-share offer for Anglo American which valued the company at US$40.7 billion, conditional upon separate demergers by Anglo American by distribution of its entire shareholdings in Kumba and Anglo-American Platinum Limited to Anglo American shareholders. Anglo American’s board has unanimously rejected the proposal from BHP on the basis of valuation and uncertainty associated...Read More

American steel producer Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) skyrocketed 15% higher in trading earlier today.Century Aluminum (CENX), also based in the U.S., has jumped 10% higher as I write this.And United States Steel Corporation (X) moved up 4% by midday.These moves were a direct result of President Trump's new 25% tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, which were announced over the weekend.This is what we...Read More

Goldshore Resources Inc. (TSXV: GSHR; OTCQB: GSHRF ; FWB: 8X00) advances its winter exploration program with promising drill results from Superion and QES Up zones. Read more to discover what the latest findings could mean for future growth.Goldshore Resources Inc. (TSXV: GSHR; OTCQB: GSHRF ; FWB: 8X00) has provided an update on its winter exploration program, highlighting significant progress acr...Read More

Sierra Madre Gold and Silver Ltd. (SM:TSX.V; SMDRF:OTCQX) reported record monthly production at its Guitarra Mine Complex in Mexico, marking its highest output since the mine's restart. Discover what's driving this growth and what's next for the company.Sierra Madre Gold and Silver Ltd. (SM:TSX.V; SMDRF:OTCQX) has announced record monthly production for January 2025 at its 100% owned Guitarra Mine...Read More

Michael Ballanger of GGM Advisory Inc. reviews the gold and silver market and shares on stock he believes is "a gift."USD index futures are down 0.04% to 108.155, with the 10-year yield up 0.96% to 4.538% and the 30-year up 0.81% to 4.749%.Gold (-0.78%), silver (-2.04%), and copper (-3.10%) are lower, while oil (+1.47%) is higher.Stock futures are lower, with the DJIA (-0.19%) down 86.0 points, th...Read More

Global Analyst Adrian Day looks at the changing dynamics in the gold market and argues that this is a very opportune time to buy gold stocks.This is a most opportune time to be buying gold stocks. The gap between gold and gold stocks has never been wider. Incredibly, valuations remain low even as gold itself hits record highs.This is so even as margins are expanding, with the major miners generati...Read More

LONDON, 8 February 2025 - Leading German newspaper Handelsblatt today makes extensive use of BullionVault data and analysis in a report on the price gap between London physical gold and New York derivatives prices."According to an insider," says Handelsblatt, "the trend of transporting gold to New York has now taken on a life of its own. But supply bottlenecks are becoming a risk."Germany's leadin...Read More

LONDON, 7 February 2025 - US stockpiles of gold bullion now top 4 years of the No.1 economy's domestic gold demand, says German finance site Cash-Online, reporting analysis by BullionVault.Owing to a price gap between London's physical market and the New York gold derivatives exchange, "Yes, there is a shortage in the London gold market," says director of research Adrian Ash, "but it is a shortage...Read More

LONDON, 5 February 2025 - BullionVault is quoted in today's rolling news update from leading US financial site CNBC, reporting on the latest all-time high in the price of gold.Trump's trade tariffs are just the "latest crisis to spur fresh record highs in the price of gold," says the report, quoting BullionVault's director of research Adrian Ash.Access CNBC's rolling updates here:Gold futures hit...Read More

For details on how your data is used and stored, see our Privacy Notice. Demand for mined commodities exceeded pre-pandemic levels in 2021. Despite macro-economic headwinds over the next few years, growth seems assured and could be supercharged by a faster decarbonisation pathway. Supply constraints and disruptions continue and are likely to be exacerbated by economic sanctions on Russia...Read More

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Growing US crude production – particularly in the midcontinent and Rockies regions – is upending traditional Gulf Coast pipeline routes.The result? An unprecedented great American oil pipeline build-out. The shale revolution has led to burgeoning pipeline takeaway access from the Permian basin. Last month, we discussed three reasons why the Permian’s future pipeline capacity won&...Read More

What does tight oil have in common with Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Alphabet's Google stocks (known as FAANG stocks)? Answer: tight oil is arguably the upstream equivalent of these tech sector leaders. It's the hot investment play in the oil and gas index, it outperforms like mad, and it's been driving to distraction those that don't own any. Production has leapt from zero six years...Read More

Commenting after Chesapeake announced plans to buy Vine Energy in a cash-and-stock deal which values the Blackstone Group-controlled E&P at around US$2.2 billion, analysts from natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie said:  “We were confident 2021 would be a big year for Haynesville consolidation.“This deal really picks up the pace after Southwestern Energy/Indigo just tw...Read More