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

The coronavirus outbreak remains a major catalyst on U.S. equitiesIt was an up-and-down week on Wall Street, with momentum largely dictated by the coronavirus outbreak. The Dow rose to record highs when it looked like there was an outbreakslowdown, but pulled back when more cases were reported just one day later. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq logged four-day win streaks earlier in the week and turned in...Read More

The Vale nickel company in New Caledonia says three bids are in to buy the 95 percent stake put up for sale.Read full newsRead More

Facebook's new app Hobbi will be a direct competitor to Pinterest Social media heavyweight Pinterest Inc (NYSE:PINS) is in focus because of a new product from Facebook (FB) called Hobbi. The app, which was released yesterday, will act as a direct competitor to Pinterest's scrapbook-style format, describing itself as a way to "organize your photos into visual collection and see the progress you're...Read More

A bull signal flashing for MYL could give its recent rally a big boost U.K.-based pharmaceutical name Mylan NV (NASDAQ:MYL) has been in rebound mode these past couple months, bouncing off a familiar floor at the $17 region in late November, and gaining roughly 29% in the months following. While the $23 level is, yet again, trying to thwart the security's recent rally, the EpiPen producer just pul...Read More

Stocks are mostly clinging to breakeven middayThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) has mostly been clinging near breakeven, as Wall Street turns its attention to a spate of economic data, including core retail sales, which showed clothing-store sales' biggest one-month decline since 2009. Better-than-expected U.S. consumer sentiment for February could be helping offset some of these losses, al...Read More

Friday saw Ariana Resources (LSE:AAU) reveal positive progress in joint venture ("JV") discussions for its Salinbas project in Turkey. The firm said that i...Read full newsRead More

Wells Fargo is waxing optimistic on the retailer's upcoming earnings reportShares of home improvement retailer Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) are up 0.4% at $243.30 this morning, enjoying a fresh bull note out of Wells Fargo. The brokerage firm -- which waxed optimistic about the company's upcoming earnings report on Feb. 25 -- hiked its price target to $265 from $240, a 9.3% upside to last night's cl...Read More

The company cancelled 18 more of its cruises, and lowered its full-year guidance Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (NYSE:RCL) has seen a serious tumble down the charts in recent weeks, as coronavirus headwinds continue to slam the travel sector. In fact, the cruise company commented on the immediate economic implications of the deadly virus last night, announcing that it has cancelled 18 cruises, and lo...Read More

EBAY is now up 13% already in FebruaryThe shares of eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) are up 0.9% to trade at $37.89 this morning, after the company announced it was raising its share buyback plan to $4.5 billion from $1.5 billion. The e-tail icon also disclosed a stronger-than-expected first-quarter guidance for 2020, which prompted a price-target hike from $51 to $47 at Credit Suisse.The triple dose of po...Read More

NVDA is headlining a busy morning for earnings moversU.S. stock futures are trading above fair value this morning, hinting at more record highs for the major indexes and another weekly win. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is eyeing a moderately higher open, as traders consider a number of earnings releases this morning. Leading the way is an impressive report from semiconductor company Nvi...Read More

The metals markets promise to be full of fascinating developments and unexpected twists in 2020. Mining equities will not be excluded from the drama.This partly reflects the reality that global economic, political, and financial trends - which are the exogenous bases for much of what happens in metals and mining - are also likely to surprise and fascinate observers and participants, from the ongoi...Read More

Mine geologists - whether they work at open-pit or underground mines - eventually end up supervising drill machines, and sometimes the work can be dangerous.My first job as a na??ve geologist in my early twenties was working underground in the deep mines of South Africa's Transvaal, now known as Gauteng province.I had a three-year contract and couldn't believe my luck. Not only had I managed to av...Read More

CN chief executive Jean-Jacques Ruest said late Thursday more than 400 trains were cancelled during the past week, calling it an "unprecedented ordeal".Read More

With just over six years' production in Kenya behind it, Base is hardly an African veteran.Read More

MAPUTO – Botswana plans to conclude negotiations with De Beers on a diamond sales agreement by the end of April to replace the current ten-year deal that expires in January.The government wants to see more gems cut and polished within the borders of the world’s second-biggest biggest diamond producer, creating jobs and boosting the state coffers, according to Lefoko Moagi, the minister...Read More

Angola will this year initiate a new governance system for the country’s mining industry, the country’s Mineral Resources and Petroleum Minister, Diamantino Azevedo, confirmed at the recent Investing in African Mining Indaba, in Cape Town. The new system will include the new National Agency for Mineral Resources (Agência Nacional de Recursos Minerais – ANRM, in Portuguese)...Read More

Egypt has granted Aton Resources (TSXV: AAN) a mining licence for its Hamama development project - the second time in a decade that the government has greenlighted a mine since Centamin's (TSX: CEE; US-OTC: CELTF) Sukari gold mine started commercial production in 2010.The 20-year mining licence can be renewed for an additional ten years.The Hamama project in Egypt's Eastern Desert includes the Ham...Read More

As much of the easily accessible gold has been found, prospectors and mining companies have had to dig deeper and venture farther into more extreme and remote environments to find economically viable deposits.Mineral exploration companies spent more than US$10 billion during 2018 in the search for nonferrous metals, with more than half of global mineral exploration budgets spent on gold, according...Read More

The 2020 Kimberley Diamond Symposium and Trade Show will take place in Kimberley, in the Northern Cape, in early September, the South African Diamond Producers Organisation (Sadpo) has confirmed.New technologies and geological interpretations have revived activity in mid-size and small-scale diamond mining in the Northern Cape and North West provinces, and technological advances are driving greate...Read More

Just last week, I told you."Let's not also forget that it wasn't that long ago that Elon Musk was smoking weed on a podcast, looking absolutely off his rocker, and being investigated by the SEC," I wrote.Well, if it wasn't clear then, it is now.Despite its recent surge, Tesla is the same old Tesla and Elon Musk is the same old Elon Musk.Yes, just two short week's ago, Musk assured investors that h...Read More