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

Shineco just announced its plans to enter the cannabis market The shares of Shineco Inc (NASDAQ:TYHT) are soaring after the Chinese herbal medicine producer released its plan to expand into the cannabis market. The company established Beijing Tenjove Newhemp Biotechnology Co. Ltd. (TNB) on Mar. 13 to implement the plan, which includes industrial hemp and CBD processing. As a result, the penny stoc...Read More

The U.S. Treasury on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Venezuela's Minerven state gold mining company which it says illicitly props up the regime of President Nicolas Maduro.Minerven, whose full name is Compania General de Mineria de Venezuela CA, and its president, Adrian Antonio Perdomo Mata, are now designated under the Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC, the Treasury Department said. The com...Read More

The U.S. Treasury on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Venezuela's Minerven state gold mining company which it says illicitly props up the regime of President Nicolas Maduro.Minerven, whose full name is Compania General de Mineria de Venezuela CA, and its president, Adrian Antonio Perdomo Mata, are now designated under the Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC, the Treasury Department said. The com...Read More

The biggest trading volume in copper call options on record signals supply troubles brewing in the market.A spread trade worth $6.5 million was posted just after 7 a.m. on Comex in New York in a bet that the price of the metal used in wires and pipes will surge past $3.05 in a few months, from Monday's settlement price of $2.909.Copper production will trail consumption by 116,000 metric tons this...Read More

Chinese iron ore prices rose for a sixth straight session on Tuesday as Brazil's Vale faced further restrictions at its iron ore operations, adding to concerns about tight supply of the steelmaking raw material. A Brazilian court on Monday ordered Vale, the world's largest iron ore miner, to halt operations at two more dams, adding pressure on the miner to prove that its remaining dams are safe.St...Read More

Nickel Asia Corp, the Philippines' top nickel ore producer, expects its 2019 shipments to be unchanged from last year, although it plans to increase its domestic sales to maximise profits, its chief financial officer told Reuters.Nickel Asia accounts for about half of the nickel ore output in the world's second-biggest supplier of the metal. Its ores are exported to customers in China and Japan, w...Read More

Norsk Hydro ASA, one of the world's biggest aluminum producers, suffered production outages after a cyber attack affected operations across Europe and the U.S.The company called the situation "quite severe" and was still working to contain the effects of the ransomware, a kind of malicious software that typically blocks access to a computer system unless a ransom is paid.Hydro couldn't detail how...Read More

It's widely expected that interest rates won't change Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are confidently above fair value today. Should today's pre-market price action hold, the blue-chip index could take aim at a five-day winning streak -- which would mark its longest since early January. The two-day Fed meeting will get underway later today, but no rate hike is expected to be announced...Read More

Chile's Codelco, the world's No. 1 copper producer, is set to ink a long-awaited deal with Ecuador-controlled miner Enami EP to develop a jointly-owned copper project in the Andean country.The 982-million-tonne Llurimagua copper project, located in the Imbabura Province, about 80 km northeast of Ecuador's capital, Quito, is in the advanced exploration stage and could become the first mine Codelco...Read More

Montr?(C)al, QC - Siyata Mobile Inc. (TSX-V:SIM | OTCQX: SYATF) (the "Company" or "Siyata"), is pleased to announce it has received proceeds of $6.19 million as a result of warrants which expired on March 18, 2019, representing the largest injection of capital the Company has received since going public in July 2015.Marc Seelenfreund, CEO of Siyata Mobile states, "We are pleased to receive...Read More

It seems that buyers have rediscovered their appetite for London-listed equitiesAs the U.K. government continues to vote on various facets and permutations of their impending "Brexit" from the European Union (EU) on what now seems to be a near-daily basis, the iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (NYSEARCA:EWU) has rebounded sharply from its bear-market lows of Christmas Eve 2018. Shares of the exchang...Read More

Chilean miner Antofagasta Plc. (LON: ANTO) expects the anticipated global copper deficit to hit between 100,000 and 300,000 tonnes this year as consumption growth remains positive, but production increases are minimal.Releasing the company's annual results, chief executive Iv??n Arriagada also revealed that the first phase of a planned expansion at its flagship Los Pelambres copper mine had been a...Read More

Chilean miner Antofagasta Plc. (LON: ANTO) expects the anticipated global copper deficit to hit between 100,000 and 300,000 tonnes this year as consumption growth remains positive, but production increases are minimal.Releasing the company's annual results, chief executive Iv??n Arriagada also revealed that the first phase of a planned expansion at its flagship Los Pelambres copper mine had been a...Read More

Chilean miner Antofagasta Plc. (LON: ANTO) expects the anticipated global copper deficit to hit between 100,000 and 300,000 tonnes this year as consumption growth remains positive, but production increases are minimal.Releasing the company's annual results, chief executive Iv??n Arriagada also revealed that the first phase of a planned expansion at its flagship Los Pelambres copper mine had been a...Read More

A report published by Deloitte Access Economics reveals that Australian mining companies paid A$30.6 billion in company tax and royalties in 2017-18 - the equivalent of all Federal Government spending on Australian schools, universities and vocational training.According to the report, the dollar amount paid in company taxes over the past couple of years surpasses that of 2011-12, which was the pea...Read More

A report published by Deloitte Access Economics reveals that Australian mining companies paid A$30.6 billion in company tax and royalties in 2017-18 - the equivalent of all Federal Government spending on Australian schools, universities and vocational training.According to the report, the dollar amount paid in company taxes over the past couple of years surpasses that of 2011-12, which was the pea...Read More

A report published by Deloitte Access Economics reveals that Australian mining companies paid A$30.6 billion in company tax and royalties in 2017-18 - the equivalent of all Federal Government spending on Australian schools, universities and vocational training.According to the report, the dollar amount paid in company taxes over the past couple of years surpasses that of 2011-12, which was the pea...Read More

A report published by Deloitte Access Economics reveals that Australian mining companies paid A$30.6 billion in company tax and royalties in 2017-18 - the equivalent of all Federal Government spending on Australian schools, universities and vocational training.According to the report, the dollar amount paid in company taxes over the past couple of years surpasses that of 2011-12, which was the pea...Read More

Granada Gold Mine (TSXV: GGM) reported that it attained higher grades after running a preliminary gravity separation study on lower-grade, gold-bearing rock from its Granada Gold project in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec.In a media statement, Granada said that the higher grades attained during the tests may have implications for the grade of future mill feed, the size of the gold deposit, and the costs ass...Read More

Granada Gold Mine (TSXV: GGM) reported that it attained higher grades after running a preliminary gravity separation study on lower-grade, gold-bearing rock from its Granada Gold project in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec.In a media statement, Granada said that the higher grades attained during the tests may have implications for the grade of future mill feed, the size of the gold deposit, and the costs ass...Read More