The AOCE and WB have moderate overall forecasts for the metals in 2025 inline with IMF forecasts for a decline in economic growth and inflation, although we see the probability of a stagflationary scenario as still reasonably high.Read More

The past year was a difficult one overall for the metals, with the main standouts to the upside being a geopolitical risk-driven gain in gold, a China-driven rise in iron ore and a surge in uranium on broadening global support for nuclear power (Figure 1). A jump in global interest rates to near two-decade highs saw recession fears persist all year, and while one still did not actually eru...Read More

This year the post-global health crisis boom was brought to an end by a surge in inflation to forty-year highs, a major rise in global interest rates in an attempt to curb the rising prices and surging geopolitical risk after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. While precious metals held up reasonably well as markets turned to them as a risk hedge, by Q2/22 the higher interest rates put an end t...Read More

Chile is the world leader in copper production, at 28.5% of the total in 2020, and this looks set to continue, with the country having the largest global reserves, at 23.0% of total. It is also the global leader for molybdenum, which is often found along with copper, and is a major lithium player, holding 51.1% of global reserves. Read More

Newfoundland has become a gold exploration hotspot over the past few years, with the sector seeing some of its strongest activity ever. While the province remains a small contributor to Canadian gold production, it has a substantial mineral industry well supported by the government, focused on iron ore, copper and nickel, and the surge in exploration suggests that gold output from the...Read More

Nevada is the core of the U.S. gold output, accounting for by far the majority, at 75.4% on average for the past year. The state looks set to remain a dominant player in U.S. gold, as it accounts for 49% of total U.S. reserves, with Alaska slightly ahead with 51% of reserves, but just 8.6% of current production. The U.S. accounts for 6.1% of global gold output, making Nevada one of the largest gol...Read More

The Golden Triangle in northwestern British Columbia has historically been a major site of Canadian gold production, beginning as early as the mid 1800s. There was a wave of production in the 1990s which cooled as the gold price declined, but larger scale production resumed in 2017, and the area has seen surging exploration interest over the past year, given that the region has some of the largest...Read More

In this report we outline the Quebec gold mining industry, including its major producers, and a survey of many of the junior miners focused on the province. Quebec accounts for 34% of Canadian gold production (second to Ontario, with 44%) and remains a major focus for both producers and junior miners.Read More

Red Lake has been one of the most prolific gold mining districts in Canada and the world, with exploration having started in the 1920s, and production, which began in the 1930s, continuing to the present day. The district is known for the high grade of its gold, its infrastructure, and strong institutional support, given the long history of mining in the area.Read More

Nvidia will release its first-quarter earnings report after the close tomorrowSemiconductor notable Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) is chugging higher again today, up 1.2% to trade at $356.57, which is just a chip shot from yesterday's all-time high of $363.50. The equity is pacing for an all-time closing high today, just one day before its first-quarter earnings report, which is due out tomorrow...Read More

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AVGO could reclaim a key trendline after next weekMemorial Day weekend is right around the corner, and Schaeffer's Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky White already gave us the best day to buy stocks during the holiday-shortened week. But what about the best-performing stocks on the S&P 500 for next week? That would be Apple supplier Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO), boasting particularly impressive Mem...Read More

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May20, 2020(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mission Ready Solutions Inc. ("Mission Ready" or the "Company") (TSXV: MRS) is pleased to...Read full newsRead More

The Dow is up over 350 points middayThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is up over 430 points midday, as doubts regarding Moderna's (MRNA) vaccine data are overshadowed by the static count in coronavirus cases, despite an ease in country-wide lockdowns. Encouraged by strong retail earnings and a fresh rise of oil prices, the S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) are also eyeing a cl...Read More

The company is returning $43.3 million in coronavirus stimulus paymentsThe shares of CVS Health Corp (NYSE:CVS) are up 0.9% at $64.17 at last check, following news that the company is giving back $43.3 million it received from the CARES Act Provider Relief Fund. CVS chief executive Larry Merlo stated that the CVS did not ask for the funds, and in returning it "we hope to help HHS provide additiona...Read More

Johnson & Johnson has held steady during the COVID-19 pandemicThe shares of blue-chip Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) are up 0.6% to trade at $149.93, after the company pulled its controversial talc-based baby powder --the subject of lawsuits the last two years -- from U.S. and Canadian markets. Credit Suisse is unfazed by the news, chiming in that it only makes up 0.2% of its North American sales...Read More

Target and Lowe's reported earnings today, and the results are encouraging Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are thriving this morning, almost 300 points above fair value, after the latest earnings reports overshadow uncertainty surrounding a possible COVID-19 vaccine. Investors are encouraged by corporate reports from retail giants Lowe's (LOW) and Target (TGT), with both companies sco...Read More

Lowe's first-quarter earnings and revenue exceeded analyst's estimatesLowe's Companies, Inc (NYSE:LOW) followed its sector peer Home Depot (HD) into the earnings confessional this morning, but with much better results. The shares of the retailer are up 6% at $123.90 after the retailer posted a first-quarter profit and revenue beat, and an 11.2% rise in quarterly same-store sales, as stay-at-home o...Read More

Price action before Memorial Day tends to set the tone for the rest of the yearMemorial Day is next week, a time we remember those who have given their lives while serving in the armed forces. For many, it means parades and cookouts over the weekend -- with social distancing of course -- and the unofficial start of summer. For the stock market, it means a shortened four-day trading week. This week...Read More

The latter includes expansion of its services division. The placement, priced at $2.Read More

In the weeks after the Brumadinho tailings dam collapse in January, 2019, the ore price rocketed up to a peak of $124/t as safety inspectors ordered mine closures, from which the Brazilian industryRead More

(IDEX Online) - First Lady Melania Trump traded up the 15-carat Graff diamond engagement ring Donald gave her, for an even bigger and more expensive rock. The president-to-be gave her a premium D-color, FL, emerald-cut diamond ring, before they wed in 2005. But the former Solvenian model, aged 50, later had the stone replaced with a 25-carat diamond, according to British newspaper The Daily Expres...Read More

Many of Surat's diamond factories will not survive COVID-19, industry sources have warned, as India's went into "Lockdown 4.0". As many as 90 per cent of the city's 5,000 units are small, unregistered and vulnerable. They're also less able to implement any kind of social distancing rules, likely to be implemented when lockdown eases.The nature of cutting and polishing typically...Read More

Mine financier Eric Sprott is increasing his stake in Dolly Varden Silver (TSXV: DV; US-OTC: DOLLF) to 19.9% - buying 7 million common shares of the company in a private placement at a price of 33 ? per share for gross proceeds of $2.3 million."Eric is currently our largest shareholder with around 12.8% holdings in the company," Shawn Khunkhun, Dolly Varden's CEO, said in an interview. "Through th...Read More

Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) and Japan Gold (TSXV: JG) have begun their joint exploration program in the Asian country under an alliance formed in February, which seeks to uncover the nation's gold mining potential.The partnership, known as Barrick Alliance, will see the Canadian gold giant fund a two-year evaluation phase of 28 of Japan Gold's 30 projects in the country.Barrick will also f...Read More

McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX) posted a net loss of US$99.2 million, or US25 ? per share, for the quarter ended March 31, primarily due to a US$83.8 million impairment charge for its Gold Bar mine in Nevada.The company says the write-down was necessary because a change in the geological interpretation resulted in a substantial reduction in the expected gold production over the life of the min...Read More

Seven ways the resources sector can survive the COVID-19 crisisSPONSOREDproudfootCardinal heading down familiar gold roadSPONSOREDcardinal resourcesSarama right in the middle of big exploration, corporate build-upSPONSOREDsarama resources Exore excels in Cote d'IvoireSPONSOREDexore resourcesA large part of Australia's relative success in combatting coronavirus was the geographical convenience...Read More

Publisher's Note: Gold stocks are off to the races this year in the face of the money printing response to the coronavirus. Gold prices are at seven-year highs. Pick a stock that has done well in this pandemic like Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), which has broken out to new highs as everyone has had to order things from home. Amazon is at all-time highs, up 30% in the past year while many other stocks got...Read More

The blue-chip index skidded into the close at its session lowsYesterday's broad-market optimism was short-lived, as the Dow plodded through a day in the red before bottoming out with a 390 point drop at the close. Weighing on the blue-chip index were corporate reports from Home Depot (HD) -- which suffered an earnings miss -- and Walmart (WMT), which initially surged after its first-quarter repo...Read More