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

Toronto-based Anaconda Mining has arranged a $5 million term loan from the Royal Bank of Canada. This will allow the company to complete all pre-construction work at its Goldboro gold project 175 km northeast of Halifax. No further equity financing is anticipated.Anaconda expects to complete the Goldboro feasibility study this year. At the same time it will complete the work required to obtain min...Read More

F5 stock is testing a familiar floor today, thoughShares of F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) are down 7% at $150.83 in early trading, after the tech name announced plans to purchase privately-held open source web server Nginx for an estimated $670 million. F5 Networks said the deal will increase software revenue growth and revenue mix in fiscal 2019 and 2020, though FFIV said it will also suspend...Read More

To an outside investor, especially an American, it may seem odd to learn that, in Canada, when opponents make their case against a pipeline or any other resource project before regulators, the Canadian government sometimes pays them to do it.It may seem especially masochistic that some environmental groups that are already well funded received money from taxpayers to try to thwart a project owned...Read More

DKS is down big, but the move is smaller than speculators priced in Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. (NYSE:DKS) this morning reported fourth-quarter earnings per share of $1.07, edging out a consensus analyst estimate of $1.06, and revenue also came in higher than expected for the period, with e-commerce sales rising 17%. However, a 3.7% decline in same-store sales has DKS stock down 6.3% this morning...Read More

Canada's Goldcorp (TSX:G) (NYSE: GG) said an illegal strike at its Cerro Negro mine in Argentina has forced it to halt operations at the site, the company's biggest gold producing asset in the South American country.Mining stopped on March 8, when members of the Asociaci??n Obrera Minera Argentina (AOMA) downed tools, and processing activities have now also ceased following the exhaustion of surfa...Read More

February's CPI met analyst expectationsDow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are in the red this morning, under pressure once more from blue-chip heavyweight Boeing (BA). Not only did the aerospace name receive two downgrades on Wall Street this morning -- with DZ Bank issuing the stock's first "sell" ratings in nearly two years -- Malaysia, Singapore, and Australia joined the growing list...Read More

The company reported positive results in a late-stage trials of vadadustatThe shares of Akebia Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:AKBA) have shot up 23.4% in electronic trading, after the Massachusetts-based firm reported positive data from a pair of late-stage studies for vadadustat -- used to treat patients with anemia due to chronic kidney disease. The studies were part of a collaboration with Mitsubishi...Read More

Out-of-the-money put strikes could come into play for XLF as March options get set to expireThe Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) began last week's trading in less-than-robust form by immediately backing down from resistance at its 200-day moving average, after having run up to test this overhead trendline a couple of times during the final week of February. Granted, XLF wasn't alone in pull...Read More

As more millennials are interestedin sustainable investments, one "green tech" company is leading the charge on clean drilling.Concerns about climate change and the high cost of energy have driven the maturation of the "Green Technology" movement into a trillion-dollar industry.Socially Responsible Investments (SRIs) are the most popular component of the average millennial's 401K, according to a r...Read More

Arizona Silver Exploration (TSX-V: AZS) received this week approval from the US Bureau of Land Management of its Notice of Intent to start an initial six-hole exploration drilling program on the Philadelphia project, located in Mohave County, northwestern Arizona.In a press release, Arizona Silver said that the BLM determined the reclamation bond amount required to cover the proposed drilling prog...Read More

Arizona Silver Exploration (TSX-V: AZS) received this week approval from the US Bureau of Land Management of its Notice of Intent to start an initial six-hole exploration drilling program on the Philadelphia project, located in Mohave County, northwestern Arizona.In a press release, Arizona Silver said that the BLM determined the reclamation bond amount required to cover the proposed drilling prog...Read More

Arizona Silver Exploration (TSX-V: AZS) received this week approval from the US Bureau of Land Management of its Notice of Intent to start an initial six-hole exploration drilling program on the Philadelphia project, located in Mohave County, northwestern Arizona.In a press release, Arizona Silver said that the BLM determined the reclamation bond amount required to cover the proposed drilling prog...Read More

Blackstone Minerals (ASX: BSX) said today that assay results from its BC cobalt project in British Columbia, western Canada, allow to compare it with some of the top cobalt deposits in the world.At the Paydirt 2019 Battery Minerals Conference in Perth, Blackstone Managing Director, Scott Williamson, said the company's 335-square kilometer land pack has yielded a large sulphide-bearing body.Accordi...Read More

Shares in Sirius Minerals (LON:SXX), the British company building a huge potash mine beneath a national park in North Yorkshire, were off to the races on Tuesday as it has come up with an alternative financing plan for the project.The miner, which has been looking for a loan to develop Britain's biggest fertilizer mine since 2016, said it had received a conditional proposal from an unnamed financ...Read More

Shares in Sirius Minerals (LON:SXX), the British company building a huge potash mine beneath a national park in North Yorkshire, were off to the races on Tuesday as it has come up with an alternative financing plan for the project.The miner, which has been looking for a loan to develop Britain's biggest fertilizer mine since 2016, said it had received a conditional proposal from an unnamed financ...Read More

Commodities Analysis by David I. Kranzler covering: XAU/USD, Randgold Resources Ltd, Newmont Mining Corporation, Gold Futures. Read David I. Kranzler's latest article on Investing.comRead full newsRead More

Australia's largest gold producer, Newcrest Mining (ASX: NCM), continued its deal-making spree Tuesday by setting a joint venture with Greatland Gold (LON:GGP), which will focus on advancing the explorer's Havieron project in Western Australia's Paterson region.The agreement comes only a day after Newcrest announced it was buying a 70% stake in the Red Chris copper and gold mine in Canada from Imp...Read More

Australia's largest gold producer, Newcrest Mining (ASX: NCM), continued its deal-making spree Tuesday by setting a joint venture with Greatland Gold (LON:GGP), which will focus on advancing the explorer's Havieron project in Western Australia's Paterson region.The agreement comes only a day after Newcrest announced it was buying a 70% stake in the Red Chris copper and gold mine in Canada from Imp...Read More

Australia's largest gold producer, Newcrest Mining (ASX: NCM), continued its deal-making spree Tuesday by setting a joint venture with Greatland Gold (LON:GGP), which will focus on advancing the explorer's Havieron project in Western Australia's Paterson region.The agreement comes only a day after Newcrest announced it was buying a 70% stake in the Red Chris copper and gold mine in Canada from Imp...Read More

Australia's largest gold producer, Newcrest Mining (ASX: NCM), continued its deal-making spree Tuesday by setting a joint venture with Greatland Gold (LON:GGP), which will focus on advancing the explorer's Havieron project in Western Australia's Paterson region.The agreement comes only a day after Newcrest announced it was buying a 70% stake in the Red Chris copper and gold mine in Canada from Imp...Read More