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

The London Metal Exchange (LME) is launching seven new cash-settled futures contracts on Monday, including hot-rolled coil (HRC) steel, alumina and cobalt, aiming to attract more business after profits fell last year.The world's oldest and largest market for industrial metals wants a stronger portfolio of products as competition intensifies with rival exchanges, such as CME Group Inc. of the Unite...Read More

NVDA shares have consolidated below $160 recentlyThe shares of Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) are up 1.9% to trade at $153.36, after the chipmaker agreed to buy Israel-based Mellanox Technologies (MLNX) for $6.8 billion in cash, the largest deal in the company's history. Nvidia reportedly beat out rival Intel (INTC) for the bid in an effort to expand data center technology. However, the company...Read More

Indonesian state miner PT Aneka Tambang (Antam) targets to start operation of its ferronickel smelter in East Halmahera in the second half of this year, with initial production target of around 5,000 tonnes of nickel in ferronickel (TNi), Finance Director Dimas Wikan Pramudhito said.The plant will have a production capacity of 13,500 TNi, increasing Antam's overall ferronickel production capacity...Read More

BA hasn't had six straight daily losses since NovemberThe shares of Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) are crumbling today, after one of the firm's 737 Max 8 planes run by Ethiopian Airlines crashed over the weekend -- resulting in 157 fatalities, and marking the second deadly crash for this specific plane in the last six months. In reaction, China, Indonesia, and Ethiopian Airlines have grounded 737 Max 8 aircr...Read More

Axovant stock is pacing for its best day in months The shares of biotechnology concern Axovant Sciences Ltd (NASDAQ:AXGT) are up 54% at $2.28 in early trading after announcing successful phase 2 trial results for itsParkinson's treatment, AXO-Lenti-PD. The news has the penny stock at the top of the Nasdaq and pacing for its best day in months. The equity has filly its early December bear gap in t...Read More

Russian gold and silver producer Polymetal increased its ore reserves by 15 percent last year to 24 million ounces of gold equivalent, the company said on Monday. Gold reserves rose 21 percent to 22.3 million ounces, while silver reserves fell 15 percent to 135 million ounces last year, Polymetal said.Mineral resources rose 44 percent to 26.3 million ounces of gold equivalent, the company said.(By...Read More

Fed Chair Jerome Powell continues to express optimism over the U.S. economyDow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are getting clobbered this morning, trading nearly 200 points below fair value, in the wake of a deadly crash of a Boeing (BA) 737 Max 8 airplane operated by Ethiopian Airlines over the weekend. This is the second fatal crash involving the aircraft in six months. The blue-chip ind...Read More

It's amazing what just talking it out can achieve. After a parade of insults, suspect numbers and pitch decks, Barrick Gold Corp. and Newmont Mining Corp. have agreed to a deal. It isn't the deal Barrick originally pushed for; namely, a hostile full takeover of its rival. Instead, they will holster their Excel models and form a partnership in the one asset anyone really cares about: their Nevad...Read More

Use gold to protect any IRA, 401(k), or retirement account from a looming financial crisis. Every American needs to learn how to protect and secure their retirement against the worst stock market crash in history, and this IRA/401KInvestment Guide 2019 is one way the average American can help protect their investments in the event of a crisis.Jim Rickards is the nation's most vocal and intellig...Read More

If Friday's close marks a meaningful low, it could be an entry point for bulls"...with 2,800 on many radar screens due to the action around this level that I just described in late 2018, potential buyers may perceive danger at 2,800, potentially flipping the supply-demand equation back in favor of the bears...At the risk of saying, 'this time is different,' perhaps it is best to describe what I se...Read More

Producer of mineral-based highly engineered advanced materials Luxfer, and manufacturer of rare earth and rare metal-based functional materials Neo Performance, announced that they have mutually agreed to terminate a previously announced transaction under which Luxfer would have acquired Neo for $612 million in cash and stock.The companies made the announcement by issuing a press release in which...Read More

Producer of mineral-based highly engineered advanced materials Luxfer, and manufacturer of rare earth and rare metal-based functional materials Neo Performance, announced that they have mutually agreed to terminate a previously announced transaction under which Luxfer would have acquired Neo for $612 million in cash and stock.The companies made the announcement by issuing a press release in which...Read More

Producer of mineral-based highly engineered advanced materials Luxfer, and manufacturer of rare earth and rare metal-based functional materials Neo Performance, announced that they have mutually agreed to terminate a previously announced transaction under which Luxfer would have acquired Neo for $612 million in cash and stock.The companies made the announcement by issuing a press release in which...Read More

SEMAFO (TSX: SMF) (OMX: SMF) and Savary Gold (TSX-V: SCA) announced today that they have entered into a definitive combination agreement pursuant to which SEMAFO will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Savary not already owned by it.In a press release, the companies explained that the transaction is being carried out by way of a three-cornered amalgamation, which will be vo...Read More

SEMAFO (TSX: SMF) (OMX: SMF) and Savary Gold (TSX-V: SCA) announced today that they have entered into a definitive combination agreement pursuant to which SEMAFO will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Savary not already owned by it.In a press release, the companies explained that the transaction is being carried out by way of a three-cornered amalgamation, which will be vo...Read More

SEMAFO (TSX: SMF) (OMX: SMF) and Savary Gold (TSX-V: SCA) announced today that they have entered into a definitive combination agreement pursuant to which SEMAFO will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Savary not already owned by it.In a press release, the companies explained that the transaction is being carried out by way of a three-cornered amalgamation, which will be vo...Read More

SEMAFO (TSX: SMF) (OMX: SMF) and Savary Gold (TSX-V: SCA) announced today that they have entered into a definitive combination agreement pursuant to which SEMAFO will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Savary not already owned by it.In a press release, the companies explained that the transaction is being carried out by way of a three-cornered amalgamation, which will be vo...Read More

Drug trafficking, battles between state forces and armed groups, extortion and illegal gold mining have transformed southern Venezuela into a region where citizens live in a parallel state ruled by organized crime. Read full newsRead More

Canada's Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX)(NYSE:GOLD) has officially dropped its hostile takeover offer for U.S. rival Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM) in favour of a friendly deal to create a joint-venture that will combine the two companies' assets in Nevada.The world's two biggest gold miners have operated independently in Nevada for decades, but had been unable to reach an agreement on a way to co-operate unti...Read More

Canada's Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX)(NYSE:GOLD) has officially dropped its hostile takeover offer for U.S. rival Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM) in favour of a friendly deal to create a joint-venture that will combine the two companies' assets in Nevada.The world's two biggest gold miners have operated independently in Nevada for decades, but had been unable to reach an agreement on a way to co-operate unti...Read More