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

Vancouver, BC - Peekaboo Beans Inc (CSE:BEAN | OTCQB:PBBSF) (the "Company" or "Peekaboo Beans") is pleased to update investors and shareholders on the Company's subscription box service.Recent data from PipeCandy has reported on the definitive interest that has been generated within the industry following Unilever's acquisition of Dollar Shave Club for $1 billion. Following the acquisition, th...Read More

Trump tweeted that US officials had just returned from "constructive" talks with China, but again blamed China for backing out of a trade deal three months ago. He said while talks would continue, from September 1, the US would impose a 10% tariff on US$300 billion of goods being imported from China."We look forward to continuing our positive dialogue with China on a comprehensive Trade Deal,...Read More

Ferrexpo (LSE: FXPO) said its revenue increased 28% year-on-year to US$787 million in the June quarter due to higher prices and an increase in sales. The company's underlying EBITDA was up 59% yoy to $372 million, and profit after tax was up 78% to $270 million.The company's declared interim ordinary dividend was up 100% year-on-year to 6.6c.Capital investment doubled to $114 million and its net d...Read More

Adjusted net income of $143 million, or 79c/share, for the second quarter of 2019 was up 10% yoy."We are confident that our Xylem team will continue to deliver mid-single-digit growth and strong margin expansion in the second half of the year, despite seeing some slowing in Europe," said CEO and president Patrick Decker."As digitization of the water sector drives new demand, we're seeing accelerat...Read More

Global diamond producer De Beers Group is most proud of the “energy change” its inclusion and diversity strategy has instigated throughout its value chain – from mining to retail, says De Beers social impact senior VP Katie Fergusson. “We are still early in the journey, but we are making visible progress,” she tells Mining Weekly, noting that more than 30% – fou...Read More

Quality emerges at Galan's blue-chip lithium addressSPONSOREDgalan lithiumThe highest grade hit was 170m at 0.63% copper, 0.26 grams per tonne gold and 3.94gpt silver from 79m, while the widest hit was 207m at 0.3% copper, 0.61gpt gold and 1.87gpt silver.Read More

Quality emerges at Galan's blue-chip lithium addressSPONSOREDgalan lithium"The Kamoa-Kakula system in the Democratic Republic of Congo is so large, we're like a little ant riding on the back of an elephant," Friedland said of the 25-year project Ivanhoe's February 2019Read More

Shares of HudBay Minerals (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) plunged 21.4% after a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona halted construction at the company's Rosemont copper-molybdenum project in the state.The court challenged the U.S. Forest Service's issuance of a Final Record of Decision (FROD) on the project and ruled to vacate and remand the FROD. The U.S. Forest Service issued the...Read More

If you ask me, facial recognition technology is getting a bum rap.It's almost like every headline I see is a fear-inducing scare-piece about how some dark entity is going to steal your face.What they're going to do with it, I don't know.I mean, I hate to break it to the people behind these stories, but the government already has my picture.The state of Maryland gets a freshly-updated photo every t...Read More

Police allege the man was involved in a false billing scam, sending out unsolicited office supply invoices totalling A$11.1 million between 2011 and 2019. The woman approved payment for office supplies in exchange for gift vouchers or electronic devices. The office supplies were allegedly sold at "significantly inflated costs", WA Police told www.miningnews.net, and were never received.&...Read More

Aim-listed diamond mining company BlueRock has completed the upgrade to the crushing circuit, including the installation of a larger cone crusher, at the Kareevlei mine in the Kimberley region of South Africa.In addition to the installation of the new crusher, the crushing circuit has been upgraded and reconfigured to handle the expected increase in material flows and is now set up to be able to o...Read More

Gold and silver fell after the Federal Reserve stance on interest rate cut. There can be more fall today and tomorrow as well. Friday's US July nonfarm payrolls needs to come in below 100,000 for gold and silver bulls to revive. For now gold and silver bears have an upper edge. Traders and markets were way ahead on interest rate cut stance. The Federal Reserve chairman muted all those who were...Read More

Gold and silver fell after the Federal Reserve stance on interest rate cut. There can be more fall today and tomorrow as well. Friday's US July nonfarm payrolls needs to come in below 100,000 for gold and silver bulls to revive. For now gold and silver bears have an upper edge. Traders and markets were way ahead on interest rate cut stance. The Federal Reserve chairman muted all those who were...Read More

Following a two day monetary policy meeting, the US Federal Reserve announced that it will cut interest rates by a quarter point.Read full newsRead More

President Donald Trump again shook markets with his Twitter feedAfter spending the first half of the day in positive territory, stocks fell off a cliff following President Donald Trump's tweets that the U.S. will be placing 10% tariffs on $300 billion ofgoods coming from China. The Dow was up more than 300 points at its intraday peak on hopes for more rate cuts, but ultimately closed with a nearly...Read More

Meanwhile, UnitedHealth helped MYGN shoot to the top of the Nasdaq After surging higher earlier on renewed hopes for another Fed rate cut, the major stock market indexes are sinking on a round of new tariffs on Chinese goods. Three names to watch in the meantime are healthcare stocks Myriad Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:MYGN) and Abiomed, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABMD), as well as oil issue Whiting Petroleum Corp (N...Read More

One trader is rolling their call optionsThe second-best Dow stock today is IBM Corp (NYSE:IBM), up 2% to trade at $150.63 today. This comes after Morgan Stanley resumed coverage of the tech icon with an "overweight" rating and $170 price target. Plus, the upgrade has triggered unusual activity in IBM's options pits. More specifically, IBM has seen almost 45,000 call options change hands today -...Read More

Unfortunately Boeing is now heading into a time of historical weaknessWe've taken a hard look at how stocks perform in August, and two names that stood out were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) and Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:JNPR). The shares of BA and JNPR are important in particular because both stocks have already been in a slump. As such, let's take a look at the historical data to see what we might ex...Read More

The pharmacy concern will report next weekCVS Health Corp (NYSE:CVS) will report second-quarter earnings after the close on Wednesday, Aug. 7. Ahead of the event, it looks like one options trader may be betting big bucks on a post-earnings pop for the pharmacy chain.CVS has seen roughly 36,000 calls and 28,000 puts change hands already today -- more than double the average intraday volume, and on...Read More

Hasbro stock saw an impressive bull gap in late JulySubscribers to Schaeffer's Weekend Trader Series options recommendation service just scored a 100% profit on the Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAS) October 100 call trade. Below, we'll explain the factors that went into this options trade hitting its expected target, leaving speculators with a big win.We initially recommended the call to subscribers on S...Read More