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

BMO Capital Markets has initiated coverage of Probe Metals (TSXV: PRB) with an outperform rating and a C$2.00 target price-double its current share price of C$0.98.By Tuesday afternoon, the Canadian miner's stock was up 7.37% on the TSX, trading at C$1.02. The company has a C$112.8 million market capitalization.The junior explorer's 100%-owned Val d'Or East project "is one of the higher quality Ca...Read More

BMO Capital Markets has initiated coverage of Probe Metals (TSXV: PRB) with an outperform rating and a C$2.00 target price-double its current share price of C$0.98.By Tuesday afternoon, the Canadian miner's stock was up 7.37% on the TSX, trading at C$1.02. The company has a C$112.8 million market capitalization.The junior explorer's 100%-owned Val d'Or East project "is one of the higher quality Ca...Read More

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Cantor Fitzgerald is bullish on the company's migraine drugZosano Pharma Corp (NASDAQ:ZSAN) shares are higher today, after analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage with an "outperform" rating and $12 price target -- more than triple yesterday's ZSAN close of $3.66. The brokerage firm last night waxed optimistic on Zosano's ADAM technology and Qtryptadrug, the latter of which Cantor expects...Read More

European markets closed and gold found a bid, erasing earlier losses...Read full newsRead More

The Dow component is preparing to report earningsMicrosoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) just hit an all-time high of $125.25 ahead of its post-close earnings release tomorrow, April 24, extending its year-to-date gain to roughly 23%. We noted earlier this month that bullish options traders were getting behind the stock, and that trend has continued, with MSFT's 10-day call/put volume ratio at the Int...Read More

The Dow is heading toward its highest close since OctoberThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is up triple-digits today, and eyeing its highest close since October, thanks to a upbeat quarterly earnings from blue chips Coca-Cola (KO) and United Technologies (UTX). In addition, traders are digesting a surprise jump in new home sales in March. Both the S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq Composite...Read More

The software shares are trading in record-high territorySoftware name VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW) has been trading in a solid channel of higher highs lately. The shares hit an all-time high of $194.24 just last week, and are now pulling back to their 20-day moving average - a trendline that has acted as support this year.We believe now is an opportune time to get in on VMW's next leg higher. In spite...Read More

PayPal reports earnings after the close on WednesdayPayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL) stock this morning received a price-target increase to $125 from $110 at Jefferies. The move shows confidence in PYPL shares extending their impressive start to the year, already up 27% in 2019 and they hit an all-time high of $109 last week. Technical data suggests more upside indeed is ahead, since Schaeffer's...Read More

Trans-Siberian Gold plc (TSG.LN), a low cost, high grade gold producer in Russia, is pleased to announce that the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use (Rosnedra) has issued a licence to ZAO Trevozhnoye Zarevo (TZ), TSG's wholly owned subsidiary, for the development and exploration of the Rodnikova deposit, one of the largest gold fields in South Kamchatka, for a tenure of 20 years. Highlights:20 year li...Read More

Trans-Siberian Gold plc (TSG.LN), a low cost, high grade gold producer in Russia, is pleased to announce that the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use (Rosnedra) has issued a licence to ZAO Trevozhnoye Zarevo (TZ), TSG's wholly owned subsidiary, for the development and exploration of the Rodnikova deposit, one of the largest gold fields in South Kamchatka, for a tenure of 20 years. Highlights:20 year li...Read More

DIS recently gapped higher after providing details for its new streaming serviceThe shares of Walt Disney Co (NYSE:DIS) are up 1.9% to trade at $134.16 this morning, and earlier nabbed a fresh record high of $134.23, getting a boost ahead of this week's premier of "Avengers: Endgame," the final chapter of the movie industry's highest-grossing franchise of all time. The movie is a contender to s...Read More

Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter and OPEC's largest producer, has influenced the oil market and oil flows since the middle of the 20th century.Shortly after the 21st century began, one of Saudi Arabia's key customers made its first steps toward becoming one of the Kingdom's main competitors on the global oil market: the United States began fracking for oil in the mid-2000s. By the end of...Read More

France's environment minister, Fran??ois de Rugy, is expected to announce in June the government's official position on a proposed open-pit gold mine and precious metals industry in French Guiana, potentially the department's largest, and it has locals divided.The Montagne d'Or gold project, a joint venture between Russian billionaire Alexey Mordashov's mining company, Nordgold, and Canadian ju...Read More

France's environment minister, Fran??ois de Rugy, is expected to announce in June the government's official position on a proposed open-pit gold mine and precious metals industry in French Guiana, potentially the department's largest, and it has locals divided.The Montagne d'Or gold project, a joint venture between Russian billionaire Alexey Mordashov's mining company, Nordgold, and Canadian ju...Read More

France's environment minister, Fran??ois de Rugy, is expected to announce in June the government's official position on a proposed open-pit gold mine and precious metals industry in French Guiana, potentially the department's largest, and it has locals divided.The Montagne d'Or gold project, a joint venture between Russian billionaire Alexey Mordashov's mining company, Nordgold, and Canadian ju...Read More

The shares have broken out above their 200-day trendlineHasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAS) stock gapped higher at the open this morning, after the toymaker said it swung to an unexpected first-quarter profit of 21 cents per share, while revenue of $732.5 million handily exceeded the consensus estimate. HAS cited rising sales from its franchise brands -- which include Play-Doh and Monopoly -- as well as a s...Read More

German carmaker BMW will buy cobalt, a key component for electric vehicle (EV) batteries, directly from mines in Australia and Morocco to ensure they are not produced by child labour, an executive said on Tuesday.The announcement came as the London Metal Exchange (LME) launched an initiative under which it could ban or delist brands that are not responsibly sourced by 2022 to help root out metal t...Read More

Agnico Eagle Mines is doubling down this year on Nunavut, Canada's least developed territory, betting that the high-grade gold ores and slim competition there will offset the risks of digging in the remote location in the far north.For miners desperate to shore up reserves, the choice is often between safer jurisdictions with inhospitable geographies and easier-to-reach ores in politically challen...Read More

Agnico Eagle Mines is doubling down this year on Nunavut, Canada's least developed territory, betting that the high-grade gold ores and slim competition there will offset the risks of digging in the remote location in the far north.For miners desperate to shore up reserves, the choice is often between safer jurisdictions with inhospitable geographies and easier-to-reach ores in politically challen...Read More