Digging Deep

End of Banks in Canada?

September 16, 2024

Defense Metals in the Media

February 16, 2024

Our 2024 Predictions, Part 2

January 11, 2024

Our 2024 Predictions, Part 1

January 02, 2023

Can Gold Hit $3,000 in 2024?

29 December, 2023

Will Bitcoin ETFs Kill Gold?

November 21, 2023

What's Next for Gold?

06 June, 2023

Platinum and Palladium

February 2022

Transition to Production

June 15, 2021

Silver Suppression?!

February 02, 2021

Gold: Year in Review 2020, and 2021 Outlook

January 04, 2021

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

AbraPlata: CMR's full analysis of an Argentina focussed gold and silver junior

May 2020

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

Copper at a crossroads: strategic insight amid policy risk and smelter margin pressures

April 30, 2025 / www.woodmac.com

For details on how your data is used and stored, see our Privacy Notice.CESCO Week, one of the mining industry's premier annual gatherings, is held every April in Santiago, Chile. Organised by the Center for Copper and Mining Studies (CESCO), this event brings together global mining executives, investors, government officials, and experts to discuss key market trends, challenges, and opportunities...Read More

Global copper market to see another year of volatile prices

January 22, 2020 / www.woodmac.com

As we look to 2020, copper is faced with a finely balanced market. For now, positive investor sentiment around copper’s fundamentals is supporting higher prices. Stronger demand growth is underpinned by new semis capacity, while mine supply growth will be reliant on additions from both projects and existing mines. Meanwhile, the recent approval of new copper scrap re-categorisation standards...Read More

Riding the solar-coaster | Podcast

August 25, 2023 / www.woodmac.com

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-Vivint Solar deal represents largest consolidation in residential solar history

July 07, 2020 / www.woodmac.com

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

Ensco beefs up fleet with Rowan deal

October 08, 2018 / www.woodmac.com

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

Comstock takes Haynesville lead with US$2.2bn Covey Park deal

June 11, 2019 / www.woodmac.com

Comstock Resources today tightened its grip on the Haynesville basin with a US$2.2 billion cash-and-stock deal to buy privately-held Covey Park.Robert Clarke, director, US Lower 48, at global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie, said: “The deal creates a Haynesville leader with the pro-forma company having access to the three best parts of the play: Caspiana Core in Louisiana, the S...Read More

Copper: 4 things to know

December 13, 2024 / www.woodmac.com

We stand at a pivotal moment for the metals that will be essential to the energy transition. Metals-intensive low-carbon electrification remains a significant demand driver for transition metals, but geopolitical tensions and a challenging fiscal environment mean net-zero policies are being rolled back.For copper, EV and grid-related growth will boost long-term demand, but short-term supply-demand...Read More

Nickel and copper: building blocks for a greener future

April 04, 2022 / www.woodmac.com

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 underpin a huge increase in long-term demand.At the recent Future Facing Mined Commodities Forum, we looked at the importance of these two metals for the energy tran...Read More

Infographic | The future of the copper market

October 28, 2024 / www.woodmac.com

The copper market is on the brink of transformation, driven by increasing demand for copper-intensive technologies and the urgent need for sustainable practices across the metals and mining industry.Our interactive copper infographic offers a comprehensive overview of the future of the copper market, detailing the key trends and projections that will shape the industry through 2034.Fill out the fo...Read More

Big Mining pivots to copper for growth

April 03, 2025 / www.woodmac.com

For details on how your data is used and stored, see our Privacy Notice. Metals and mining companies are starting to shake off the sector’s long-held dedication to capital discipline. In stark contrast to Big Oil corporates which are cutting budgets, Big Mining are upping investment with the goal of growing mine supply. James Whiteside, Head of Metals and Mining Research, analysed...Read More

China's crude reserves to reach 1.15 billion barrels in 2020

March 23, 2020 / www.woodmac.com

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

323 million electric vehicles will be on the roads by 2040

August 19, 2020 / www.woodmac.com

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

Tech Talk for Friday May 2nd 2025

May 01, 2025 / timingthemarket.ca

Dow Jones Industrial Average moved above 40,791.18 and Dow Jones Industrial Average SPDRs ($DIA) moved above $407.82 completing double bottom patterns.Microsoft $MSFT a Dow Jones Industrial Average stock moved above $393.23 and $396.36 completing a Reverse Head & Shoulders pattern.Meta Platforms $META an S&P 100 stock moved above $587.89 completing a double bottom pattern.Advanced Micro De...Read More

Tech Talk for Thursday May 1st 2025

April 30, 2025 / timingthemarket.ca

U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 57 points at 8:30 AM EDT.Dow Jones Industrial Average ($INDU) is expected to open above intermediate resistance at 40,791.18 completing a double bottom pattern following release of better than consensus quarterly results after the close yesterday by Microsoft and Meta Platforms.Microsoft advanced $34.24 to $429.50 afte...Read More

AI's (Extreme) Leftist Bias

May 02, 2025 / dailyreckoning.com

Using AI can be magical. It has helped me understand obscure investment concepts which aren't covered well anywhere else.It has shown my son exactly how to do a geometry problem, so I don't have to relearn something forgotten 30 years ago.AI has helped me understand legal contracts which previously would have required paying a lawyer hundreds of dollars per hour.Magical.At other times, it becomes...Read More

Buffett's $325 Billion Mistake

May 02, 2025 / dailyreckoning.com

Warren Buffett, the Oracle of Omaha, is facing a peculiar problem these days: he has too much cash.Berkshire Hathaway is sitting on an eye-watering $325 billion in dry powder, a record high. Historically, Buffett has always been eager to deploy capital when the odds are in his favor. But today, even he admits he’s struggling to find value in this overvalued market.Which leads to a fascinatin...Read More

G Mining Oko West Feasibility: Rapid Path from Acquisition to Construction

May 01, 2025 / www.youtube.com

G Mining Ventures defies industry norms with lightning-fast development of its Oko West gold project in Guyana. Just months after ...Read More

New Gold Q1 Earnings: What's Behind The Market's Surprising Reaction?

May 01, 2025 / www.youtube.com

Despite posting a net loss, New Gold (NGD) shocked investors with a surprising stock surge after Q1 2025 earnings. The miner ...Read More

Why the Government Actually WANTS Gold Prices to Explode Higher | Tavi Costa

May 01, 2025 / www.youtube.com

Discover why gold hit $3500 and what's next as Tavy Costa from Crescat Capital breaks down how Trump's tariffs are impacting ...Read More

Blue Sky Uranium is Positioned to Ride the Nuclear Energy Supercycle

May 01, 2025 / www.youtube.com

We caught up with Nikolaos Cacos, President and CEO, Blue Sky Uranium Corp (TSXV: BSK | FSE: MAL2) to discuss the ...Read More

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