The precious metals all soared in 2025, and while a continued monetary expansion and geopolitical risk could still drive gains especially for gold in 2026, a pullback in silver, platinum and palladium is possible after recent partly speculative surges.Read More

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

(IDEX Online) - As part of its plan to grow its diamond mining sector, the government of Zimbabwe has cut mining royalties from 15 percent to 10 percent of gross revenue, according to reports in Zimbabwe's The Sunday Mail.In his budget, Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube pointed out the difficulty of extracting diamonds from deep deposits. The cut in royalties re...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Petra Diamonds Limited has sold the 20.08-carat blue diamond recovered from the Cullinan Mine in South Africa in September 2019 for $14.9 million.The buyer, an anonymous diamond company, paid $741,000 per carat for the gem-quality Type llb diamond."We are very pleased with this result which is in line with our expectations and confirms the resilience in the value of very high quali...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Alrosa's latest sale of special size rough diamonds (stones weighing over 10.8 carats) held in New York generated $11 million in revenue.The company sold 93 rough diamonds with a total weight of 1,560 carats, which the company said was its best result in the past few months. "This year's last auction in the U.S. performed well," said Evgeny Agureev, deputy CEO of Alr...Read More

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Colorado was built on mining, especially on gold. Today in Teller County that gold is providing jobs and helping fund communities.Read full newsRead More

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Chinese army personnel have helped to clear debris left by protesters at Hong Kong Baptist University in Kowloon Tong. The cleanup operation began at 1pm on Saturday as community groups moved bricks and barricades which had accumulated on Junction Road over the past week. According to District Councillor Ho Hin-ming, who helped to organise the ...Read full newsRead More

Discussions with top investor Pallinghurst to finance Whabouchi project in Quebec continue.Read full newsRead More

California's decision to buy only from carmakers that have agreed to follow its clean car rules may well cost GM's Chevrolet tens of millions of dollars.Read full newsRead More

Dear Rich Lifer,You've heard the saying when it comes to trading stocks: buy low and sell high. The same strategy applies to making money buying items in stores.This is called retail arbitrage, and it can make you a small fortune pretty quickly if you know how to do it right, and with Black Friday and the Holidays right around the corner, there has never been a better time to try it out.E-commerce...Read More

Publisher's Note: Today we're bringing you Mr. Dines' take on the state of the markets and the economy right now from his latest issue of The Dines Letter. As usual, it's a must read.To Your Wealth,Nick HodgeNever trust a man who speaks well of everybody.John Churton CollinsAfter big rises, providing the opportunities to cash out and make money, some stocks are dropping to provide buying opportuni...Read More

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The major gold miners just enjoyed a phenomenal quarter for gold, which soared after its first bull-market breakout in years. Q3'19's much-higher prevailing gold prices should've driven soaring earnings for the miners, due to their big inherent profits leverage to gold. So this just-completed Q3 earnings season is the most important for this sector in a long time. Did the gold miners' fu...Read More

The major gold miners just enjoyed a phenomenal quarter for gold, which soared after its first bull-market breakout in years. Q3'19's much-higher prevailing gold prices should've driven soaring earnings for the miners, due to their big inherent profits leverage to gold. So this just-completed Q3 earnings season is the most important for this sector in a long time. Did the gold miners' fu...Read More

ATAC Resources is pleased to announce the commencement of an updated resource and preliminary economic assessment for its high-grade Tiger Gold Deposit.Read full newsRead More

The Dow rose above 28,000 for the first time everStocks finished out the week with a strong performance, as the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all hit record highs -- and the former made its first-ever trek above 28,000. The bullish bias was stoked by upbeat trade talk and well-received retail sales, while investors also kept tabs on all the impeachment hearing headlines out of Washington. Today's gains...Read More

Developments on a trade deal between the U.S. and China were closely followed this weekIt was a wild trading week for stocks, as Wall Street closely monitored developments on the trade agreement between the U.S. and China. U.S. President Donald Trump, in particular, was quite vocal about the state of the trade deal, with comments on Tuesday over how China has "cheated" the U.S. in the past spookin...Read More

AMD shares are trading at new highs againThe semiconductor sector is on fire today thanks to strong earnings. The surge is helping push Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) to new highs, earlier the stock hitting a fresh 13-year peak of $39.37. This brings the chipmaker's year-to-date gain to 109%, and puts it on pace for a seventh straight weekly win. Schaeffer's Senior Quantitative Analyst...Read More