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

Freeport-McMoRan Inc plans no dividend hikes, acquisitions or debt buybacks over the next two years as it focuses on expanding Indonesia's Grasberg copper and gold mine underground, its chief executive told Reuters on Tuesday.The strategy underscores Freeport's desire to keep Grasberg, one of the world's largest mines, the crown jewel of its operations even amid the complex task of excavating the...Read More

Freeport-McMoRan Inc plans no dividend hikes, acquisitions or debt buybacks over the next two years as it focuses on expanding Indonesia's Grasberg copper and gold mine underground, its chief executive told Reuters on Tuesday.The strategy underscores Freeport's desire to keep Grasberg, one of the world's largest mines, the crown jewel of its operations even amid the complex task of excavating the...Read More

The company cut its Q1 guidance due to 737 MAX 8 cancellationsAirline stocks remain in focus this week, with American Airlines Group Inc (NASDAQ:AAL) the latest of the sector moving lower. Down 3.3% at $32.77, at last check, AAL is suffering after the company slashed its first-quarter revenue outlook, due to cancellations stemming from Boeing's (BA) 737 MAX 8 problems. American Airlines employs 24...Read More

The world's biggest platinum producer is preparing for tough wage negotiations as higher metal prices spur labor union demands.Talks over a new three-year industry deal are looming as the so-called rand basket price for platinum and its sister metals has surged by 20 percent to 25 percent this year. While a four-month wage dispute at Sibanye Gold Ltd.'s gold mines could spill over into the platinu...Read More

Purepoint Uranium Group says it has finished the initial fieldwork at the Hook Lake joint venture. The project lies on the southwest edge of the Athabasca Basin in the Patterson uranium district, between Fission's Triple R deposit and NexGen's Arrow deposit.Hook Lake is owned jointly by Cameco Corp. (39.5%), Orano Canada (39.5%) and Purepoint Uranium Group (operator and holder of a 21% interest).W...Read More

Purepoint Uranium Group says it has finished the initial fieldwork at the Hook Lake joint venture. The project lies on the southwest edge of the Athabasca Basin in the Patterson uranium district, between Fission's Triple R deposit and NexGen's Arrow deposit.Hook Lake is owned jointly by Cameco Corp. (39.5%), Orano Canada (39.5%) and Purepoint Uranium Group (operator and holder of a 21% interest).W...Read More

Analysts are overwhelmingly bullish on the nameGeron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN) stock is red-hot today, after Needham upgraded the cancer specialist to "buy" from "hold, and assigned a $3 price target -- a 63% premium to last night's close. The brokerage firm said the "negative optics of a big pharma passing on imetelstat" creates a buying opportunity for the penny stock. This comes after Johnson &...Read More

Rio Tinto said on Tuesday it will join a World Bank initiative intended to help developing countries sustainably mine lithium, cobalt and other minerals critical to the global electrification trend.Rio's participation in the program, known as Climate-Smart Mining and set to launch in May, comes as miners face increasing pressure from investors and non-governmental organizations to make supply chai...Read More

Rio Tinto said on Tuesday it will join a World Bank initiative intended to help developing countries sustainably mine lithium, cobalt and other minerals critical to the global electrification trend.Rio's participation in the program, known as Climate-Smart Mining and set to launch in May, comes as miners face increasing pressure from investors and non-governmental organizations to make supply chai...Read More

Meanwhile, another analyst sees Instagram as a huge growth driver for FacebookMore analysts are weighing in bullishly on Walt Disney Co (NYSE:DIS) because of its push into streaming. Cowen this morning upgraded DIS stock to "outperform" from "market perform" and boosted its price target to $131 from $102, expecting a stronger-than-expected launch for the company's direct-to-consumer Disney+ stream...Read More

PHAS has more than quadrupled in 2019Near the bottom of the Nasdaq this morning is Zogenix, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZGNX), down 24.8% to trade at $38.97, after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) refused to review the drugmaker's marketing application for its seizure medicine. Guggenheimresponded by downgrading the stock to "neutral" from "buy" while slashing its price target to $40 from $70. Three other...Read More

PT Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara, which owns the second-largest copper and gold mine in Indonesia, is weighing an initial public offering that could raise as much as $600 million, according to people familiar with the matter.The company is working with advisers to list in Jakarta as early as the fourth quarter, said the people, asking not to be named as the information is private. The firm also owns...Read More

PerkinElmer just landed on Goldman Sachs' conviction list The shares of diagnostics specialist PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE:PKI) are headed for their third day in the black, after landing on Goldman Sachs' conviction list earlier today. The brokerage firm also upgraded PKI to "buy" from "neutral," and lifted its price target to $115 from $92. Evercore ISI chimed in, too -- hiking its price target to $9...Read More

PT Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara, which owns the second-largest copper and gold mine in Indonesia, is weighing an initial public offering that could raise as much as $600 million, according to people familiar with the matter.The company is working with advisers to list in Jakarta as early as the fourth quarter, said the people, asking not to be named as the information is private. The firm also owns...Read More

PT Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara, which owns the second-largest copper and gold mine in Indonesia, is weighing an initial public offering that could raise as much as $600 million, according to people familiar with the matter.The company is working with advisers to list in Jakarta as early as the fourth quarter, said the people, asking not to be named as the information is private. The firm also owns...Read More

With President Donald Trump's apparent plans to nominate Stephen Moore and Herman Cain to the Federal Reserve Board, attention has turned once again to the gold standard, a policy option once advocated by both men. Trump himself has expressed admiration for the gold standard.To be clear: I don't at all favor a gold standard. Still, it is worth thinking about why anyone might ever have favored a go...Read More

India's Adani Enterprises has taken a step closer to the construction of a controversial thermal coal mine in Australia after winning federal government approval for its groundwater management plan.Adani wants to develop the Carmichael coal deposit in Queensland state, but has faced fierce environmental resistance that has turned the project into a political hot potato ahead of a federal election...Read More

The U.S. is threatening to put tariffs on $11 billion of EU productsStocks are poised for a lower open, with traders on edge after the U.S. threatened to take action against the European Union (EU) in response to its subsidies for Airbus. In a tweet this morning, President Donald Trump said the World Trade Organization found the subsidies "adversely impacted the United States, which will now put T...Read More

Shares in Canada's Stornoway Diamond Corp. (TSX:SWY) fell on Tuesday after it announced that it would halt operations at its Renard 65 open pit mine, in the Canadian province of Quebec.The company transitioned Renard, Quebec's first diamond mine, primarily underground operations in August last year, but mining the pit had continued until now.Current ore stockpiles at Renard 65 are sufficient to...Read More

Shares in Canada's Stornoway Diamond Corp. (TSX:SWY) fell on Tuesday after it announced that it would halt operations at its Renard 65 open pit mine, in the Canadian province of Quebec.The company transitioned Renard, Quebec's first diamond mine, primarily underground operations in August last year, but mining the pit had continued until now.Current ore stockpiles at Renard 65 are sufficient to...Read More