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

There's optimism to be unwound in the options pits, too It has been a rocky road for Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) is recent weeks, with the utility services specialist falling victim to the broader market's steep slide. In fact, at the end of last month, the stock hit its lowest level since late-2018, and is now struggling to conquer its year-to-date breakeven, which it closed south of on Frida...Read More

Greatland Gold (LSE:GGP) was one of Wednesday's biggest winners after announcing another excellent set of drilling results at its Havieron project in Austr...Read full newsRead More

Goldman Sachs added Eli Lilly to its "Conviction Buy" listEli Lilly and Co (NYSE:LLY) is up 0.3% to trade at $140.81 at last check, shaking off the broader market sell-off thanks to some bullish analyst attention. The drug manufacturer was just added to the "Conviction Buy" list at Goldman Sachs, with the brokerage firm waxing optimistic that LLY has one of the strongest potentials for growth desp...Read More

The automaker announced that it was temporarily stopping production at its Italian factories European automakers are spinning their wheels today as several big names said they would be halting production and temporarily closing factories in an effort to combat the rapidly spreading coronavirus. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (NYSE:FCAU) is one of the names getting hit today after announcing plans to...Read More

PepsiCo Inc's stocks are down after the company bought Rockstar Energy BeverageShares of PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE:PEP) are down 3.5% today, last seen trading at $130.66,after the company confirmed it had acquired Rockstar Energy Beverage in a $3.85 billion deal. The food and beverage giant has had a distribution deal with Rockstar since 2009, and while Rockstar's products are available in over 30 count...Read More

SOLY continues to teeter along its year-to-date breakeven priceShares of Soliton Inc (NASDAQ:SOLY) are surging 7% at $11.40 this morning, higher after the medical device company received 510(k) Premarket Notification clearance at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Generation II Rapid Acoustic Pulse (RAP) device. The tattoo removal device is similar to its generation I version, but is...Read More

The timing of President Trump's proposed 0% payroll tax rate is uncertainYesterday's market bounce looks to be short-lived, with Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures pointing to an almost 800 point drop before the open this morning. The resumed selloff comes after U.S. President Donald Trump proposed on Tuesday a 0% payroll tax rate for the remainder of the year, though it was not specifie...Read More

Vancouver, BC - A2Z Technologies Canada Corp. ("A2Z" or the "Company") (TSXV: AZ) | (FSE: A23), a pioneer in military robotics, services, and innovation in the auto industry, announced today a new contract with the Israel Electric Company (IEC).A2Z has three prior pre-existing contracts with the IEC for various products and services. This new contract is for additional services for systems not cov...Read More

A look at which stocks do best after a V-bottomIt might be premature, but Tuesday's early morning spike made me hopeful. Besides, you need to be quick to make money in trading. I became curious what stocks should be targeted during a V-bottom. As of now, the recent pullback is similar in magnitude to the one we experienced in late 2018. From late September of that year until the market bottom on C...Read More

Gold has been one of the best performing commodities in over a year, with the global gold price rising from close to $1,300 per ounce in the beginning of 2019 to about $1,630 per ounce in February 2020. The rise in price in 2019 was led by rising trade tension between US-China...Read full newsRead More

As Euro Manganese (TSXV: EMN; ASX: EMN) advances feasibility studies at its wholly owned Chvaletice manganese project about 90 km east of Prague in the Czech Republic, it has also been lining up potential customers for planned output from its demonstration plant, which is projected to come online in late 2020.So far, the company has queued up five prospective customers for about 55% of the planned...Read More

What was surprising about the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference this year was how many people actually showed up, with Covid-19 ripping around the world. According to figures from Johns Hopkins' Coronavirus Resource Centre on March 10, 118,101 people have been infected and 4,262 have died.While many conferences and large gatherings elsewhere have been cancelled, th...Read More

Rarely at the top of the buy list of leading investment banks Australian-listed Alumina, which takes its name from what it produces, and Iluka Resources, a titanium minerals and zircon specialistRead More

Brand Finance looks at marketing investment, stakeholder equity and the impact of those on a company's performance to produce its brand strength rating.Despite falling 1.1% year on year, Rio's score of 71.8 beat BHP's 71 after the latter registered a 2.5% drop versus 2018. Vale came third with a score of 66.2, down 5.2%."As with the majority of brands in the ranking, Rio Tinto has dropped in brand...Read More

Share this articleTORONTO - The Metro Toronto Convention Centre should have been bustling Wednesday with guests at a two-day retail, marketing and technology conference, but the event's plans changed with the news that a Sudbury man who visited the venue last week had contracted a novel form of coronavirus.DX3 organizers said Wednesday that they had cancelled the second day of their annu...Read More

(IDEX Online)  - Stargems and A.A. Rachminov are to pool their respective sourcing and marketing resources in a new joint venture.It will capitalize on Stargem's rough sourcing capabilities as an accredited DTC buyer and A.A. Rachminov's 80-year reputation for polishing, marketing and distribution.The stones will be sourced in South Africa and most of the manufacturing will be done...Read More

Diamond miners Gem Diamonds delivered solid operational results for the year ended December 31, which, together with the targeted gains of a business transformation programme and continued emphasis on cost controls, affirmed it as one of the lowest-cost producers in the industry, CEO Clifford Elphick said on Wednesday.The operational results were characterised by the achievement of all guided oper...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Diamond workers are being laid off in the Indian cutting and polishing capital Surat because of coronavirus.Smaller factories have been hardest hit by the downturn in demand, and payments being trapped in its main markets of China and Hong Kong, according to a Times of India report.Ranmal Jilariya, president of Gujarat Diamond Workers' Union, told the paper he'd met 40 di...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Alrosa's total rough and polished sales for February dropped 14 per cent to $346.6m, the company announced today.The Russian mining giant said coronavirus had reduced diamond demand and was likely to do so in the coming months. Sales in January totaled $405.0mAlrosa yesterday blamed weak demand for a 21 per cent drop in revenue and a 31 per cent slump in net profit for 2019 wh...Read More

Artemis all set thanks to unique approachSPONSOREDartemis resourcesCodelco will use the funds to advance the structural projects at its main mines as well as exploration and innovation. Some $1.Read More