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 prices: fundamentally justified or fundamentally flawed?

June 01, 2021 / www.woodmac.com

For details on how your data is used and stored, see our Privacy Notice. Throughout 2021, I have been quite vociferous in my view that prices for copper (along with several other mined commodities) do not reflect fundamentals – the dynamics of supply, demand, stocks, costs and their empirically-observed relationships. My 35-year career following and opining on markets is grounded i...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

Copper: things to look for in 2024

January 25, 2024 / www.woodmac.com

What will be the key themes for copper in the year ahead? Growing economic and political uncertainty amid the slew of elections in some key copper-producing and consuming countries is one area we will be watching closely.Crucially, the timing of any interest rate cuts as well as energy transition-related developments will determine the strength of demand, notwithstanding the uncertainties due to t...Read More

Horizons Live: red metal, green demand

November 02, 2022 / www.woodmac.com

For details on how your data is used and stored, see our Privacy Notice. The road to zero carbon will see an extraordinary build out of low carbon electric vehicles (EVs) and renewable power generating capacity. And as the world reduces its dependence on hydrocarbons, metals will be a linchpin of a zero carbon economy. Copper – in the form of wire, cable and foil – will bind...Read More

The energy transition sparks new interest in copper mining

February 09, 2024 / www.woodmac.com

For details on how your data is used and stored, see our Privacy Notice. Copper has often been important for technological progress. It was copper cladding for sailing ships’ hulls that led to dramatic improvements in speed, manoeuvrability and durability in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. That history continues in the modern era: copper is one of the critical metals &ndash...Read More

Copper: 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

Tech Talk for Thursday July 10th 2025

July 09, 2025 / timingthemarket.ca

U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 3 points at 8:30 AM EDT.Costco gained $10.91 to $993.00 after announcing acceleration in month to month sales growth in June.WK Kellogg jumped $8.67 to $26.17 on news that the company is near a deal to be purchased by Ferrero.Delta Airlines advanced $5.76 to $56.46 after reporting higher than consensus second quarter...Read More

Tech Talk for Wednesday July 9th 2025

July 08, 2025 / timingthemarket.ca

U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 15 points at 8:30 AM EDT.Focus today at 2:00 PM is on the Federal Reserve's meeting minutes for the last FOMC meeting. They may give clues about the timing of the next reduction in the Fed Fund Rate.Copper equities and their related Exchange Traded Fund: (COPX) added $0.40 to $46.05 after President Trump announced a 50...Read More

The Dirt on Gold Miners

July 12, 2025 / dailyreckoning.com

This week I'm reporting from the Rick Rule Investment Symposium in beautiful Boca Raton, Florida.The event is built for gold and silver bugs. There are around 1,000 of us here.Dozens of publicly-traded mining and royalty companies are represented as sponsors, speakers, and attendees.What makes this conference unique is that Rick only allows companies to sponsor which he has a personal investment i...Read More

U.S. Gold Corp. to Participate in Alliance Global Partners Annual Mining & Critical Materials Virtual Conference Tuesday, July 15, 2025

July 09, 2025 / www.usgoldcorp.gold

CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Gold Corp. ("U.S. Gold," the "Company," "we," "our" or "us") (Nasdaq: USAU) is pleased to announce that Company management will participate in the Alliance Global Partners ("AGP") annual mining & critical material virtual conference on Tuesday, July 15, 2025 (the "Virtual Conference").The Virtual Conference consists of 30-minute, 1-on-1 invest...Read More

Trump Eyes Greenland Again as Mining Projects Gain Momentum

July 11, 2025 / www.theaureport.com

Greenland has become a hot topic ever since Donald Trump mentioned he'd like to buy it. At the same time, Greenland Resources Inc. (MOLY:CBOE; GRLRF:OTC) is advancing its molybdenum and magnesium project in Greenland with a new advisory hire, a 30-year license, and key EU supply chain breakthroughs. Read more about the strategic developments.Greenland Resources Inc. (MOLY:CBOE; GRLRF:OTC) has appo...Read More

Junior Explorer Uncovers High-Grade Gold Zones in Yukon

July 11, 2025 / www.theaureport.com

Golden Sky Minerals Corp. (AUEN:TSX.V; LCKYF:OTC) advances early-stage gold and copper projects across Canada while maintaining a low market cap and debt-free balance sheet. Read more about its expanding portfolio, five-week stock rally, and strong positioning in a rising gold market.Golden Sky Minerals Corp. (AUEN:TSX.V; LCKYF:OTC) announced that its Board of Directors has approved the issuance o...Read More

Does Gold Have Much Farther To Run?

July 11, 2025 / www.theaureport.com

Technical Analyst Clive Maund shares his thoughts on where he believes gold is headed.Gold has made impressive gains so far this year, but when it spiked up to touch $3500 in the middle of April it become heavily overbought which is why it then went into a rectangular consolidation pattern that has given time for the overbought condition to fully unwind, as shown by the MACD indicator on its 6-mon...Read More

Are reported metal stocks a good measure of market fundamentals?

March 01, 2022 / www.woodmac.com

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

Swelling Cushing oil hub stocks will require more pipelines

August 06, 2019 / www.woodmac.com

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

The Majors and US tight oil

October 30, 2018 / www.woodmac.com

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

Chesapeake ties up Vine in cash-and-stock deal

August 11, 2021 / www.woodmac.com

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

June 30, 2025 / www.woodmac.com

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ConocoPhillips swoops on Concho in $9.7bn all-stock deal

October 19, 2020 / www.woodmac.com

Speaking after ConocoPhillips announced it will take over Concho Resources in a $9.7 billion all-stock deal, Robert Clarke, vice president, Lower 48 upstream, at Wood Mackenzie, said: “The combination is remarkable. Just in scale, ConocoPhillips is adding enough Permian production to nip at the heels of ExxonMobil’s massive programme.“We like the distinctives each firm brings too...Read More

Kazakhstan's upstream sector takes stock after nationwide unrest

January 19, 2022 / www.woodmac.com

Early 2022 has brought the most traumatic events in Kazakhstan’s 30 years of modern independence. Widespread protests and civil unrest led to unprecedented scenes of violence on the country’s streets. Especially in Almaty, the largest city. More than 225 lives have been lost.What began as peaceful demonstrations against a sharp increase in the price of LPG fuel in resource-ri...Read More

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