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
Emgold Mining Corporation announces it has staked 92 additional claims, expanding the size of its recently optioned New York Canyon Property.Read full newsRead More
PEAK has been attempting to recover from its early November dropReal estate investment trust (REIT) Healthpeak Properties Inc (NYSE:PEAK) is up 0.6% to trade at $34.20 this afternoon, attempting to recover from its recent pullback on the charts. Longer term, the equity remains 22% higher year-to-date, despite its early November plunge. Today's shift comes just as the security nears a historically...Read More
Both stocks are enjoying record weeksStocks are scoring new highs to end the week, thanks to upbeat retail sales and chip sector earnings. Among two names making notable moves higher today are luxury retail concern Farfetch Ltd (NYSE:FTCH) and biopharmaceutical name Amarin Corporation (NASDAQ:AMRN). Here's a quick look at what's moving the shares of FTCH and AMRN. FTCH Call Traders Don't Envis...Read More
The retailer is slated to report its third-quarter earnings before the open on TuesdayAhead of Kohl's Corporation's (NYSE:KSS) third-quarter report, due out before the open next Tuesday, Nov. 19, things have been especially bearish in the options pits. During the last 10 days, 10,511 puts have been bought to open on the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Cboe Options Exchange (CBOE), and NAS...Read More
The Dow, S&P, and Nasdaq are set to extend their weekly win streaksIt's a record-setting day on Wall Street today, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI), S&P 500 Index (SPX), and Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) trading at all-time peaks. Sparking the risk-on session are upbeat U.S.-China trade headlines, as well as a bigger-than-expected rise in October retail sales. This is offsetting a wider-than-...Read More
Intelsat options are quite pricey at the moment, thoughIt's been a week to forget for Intelsat SA (NYSE:I). The communications satellite services provider is cruising toward a 45.3% weekly loss -- set to be its worst week ever -- after rumors swirled that the Federal Communications Commission may opt for a public C-Band auction. The reports were enough for J.P. Morgan Securities to issue a downg...Read More
Intelsat options are quite pricey at the moment, thoughIt's been a week to forget for Intelsat SA (NYSE:I). The communications satellite services provider is cruising toward a 45.3% weekly loss -- set to be its worst week ever -- after rumors swirled that the Federal Communications Commission may opt for a public C-Band auction. The reports were enough for J.P. Morgan Securities to issue a downg...Read More
resTORbio stock is hitting new lows today Pharmaceutical name resTORbio Inc (NASDAQ:TORC) has slid to the very bottom of the Nasdaq today after the company announced it stopped testing on its lead drug RTB101 for respiratory illness, following a failed late-stage trial. The biopharma firm added that they will continue testing on the drug in other conditions, such as Parkinson's disease. The news h...Read More
There's still plenty of pessimism to be unwound on HDThe shares of Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) are up 0.3% to trade at $237.27 today, after Jefferies raised its price target to $268 from $246. The brokerage firm predicted Home Depot will outperform Lowe's (LOW) in their upcoming earnings reports, due to impressive same-store sales growth and website traffic. Home Depot is scheduled to report third-q...Read More
AMAT has tacked on 86% in 2019 aloneChip name Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) is up 8% to trade at $61.53 -- and nabbed a fresh annual high of $61.90 this morning -- the equity swimming in bull notes after the company's fiscal fourth-quarter results last night. Applied Materials shared a quarterly beat and forecast its fiscal first-quarter revenue at $4.1 billion, above analyst estimates. T...Read More
It's not entirely clear to us why the utilities stock sold off suddenly on ThursdayUtilities stock CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CNP) fell sharply yesterday, closing the session down 5% amid heavy trading volume to hit a fresh 52-week low. It's not entirely clear what was behind the selling, but a number of bear notes have come through since yesterday's close. Last evening Credit Suisse downgrade...Read More
Larry Kudlow said Thursday evening that a phase one trade deal between China and the U.S. was imminent Renewed trade optimism has Dow futures on the rebound after last night's drop. The blue chip index is signaling an 80-point gain on comments from White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow that the U.S. and China are on the precipice of a trade agreement. Elsewhere, investors are combing over a b...Read More
Montr?(C)al, QC - Siyata Mobile Inc. (TSX-V:SIM | OTCQX: SYATF) (the "Company" or "Siyata") announces it has filed Q3 2019 financials, and will be hosting a conference call to discuss these results on Friday, November 15th at 9:00 AM EST (6:00 PST). Conference call details are set out below.Highlights:Q3 2019 revenue of $5.0-million, a 61% increase over Q3 2018 driven by UV350 sales;North A...Read More
David Becker6 hours ago (Nov 14, 2019 6:48 PM GMT)Gold prices continued to rise on Thursday, completing a two-day rally. The declined as US yields moved lower paving the way for higher gold prices. Stronger than expected wholesale inflation data released on Thursday followed solid consumer price data released yesterday. Commentary from the Federal Reserve Chair Gerome Powell showed that the Fed wo...Read More
Alexander Kuptsikevich17 hours ago (Nov 14, 2019 8:16 AM GMT)Started this week with a decline, the Gold found support near the $1,450 area, from where it turned upside.The reason for the pressure on Gold in November is the recovery of demand for risky assets. Also, this month, the dollar returned to growth, affecting the valuation of raw materials and many other assets. However, Gold does not mere...Read More
The Africa-focused metals company made a profit of £7 million in the year to 30 June, up from a loss of £2 million the previous year. It also raised £6.Read More
Rio, already ERA's largest shareholder with a 68.39% holding, is likely to have to dig deep for the 6.Read More
Aim-listed Botswana Diamonds (BOD) on Friday shared details of its areas of focus and strategy for the near future. This includes the ramp-up of its South African Marsfontein operation, which produced its first diamonds from gravels and residual stockpiles, earlier this week.The company intends to start a pilot production plant in the Marange area of Zimbabwe, restore production at Thorny River, i...Read More
Diamond sales brought Angola revenues of $294.85-million during the third quarter of this year. This represented an 11.7% increase over the figure for the same period last year – or, in monetary terms, a rise of $30.7-million. This information was released in Luanda early this month by the State-owned Sociedade de Comercialização de Diamantes de Angola (the Diamond Commercialis...Read More