The precious metals all soared in 2025, and while a continued monetary expansion and geopolitical risk could still drive gains especially for gold in 2026, a pullback in silver, platinum and palladium is possible after recent partly speculative surges.Read More

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

Vancouver-based Copper Mountain Mining Corp. has published a new integrated mine plan that increases both copper and gold production, extends mine life, and lowers cash costs.The new plan includes a modest expansion of the existing Copper Mountain mill to 45,000 t/d and integrates production from the New Ingerbelle deposit.The company has only good things to say about the proposed changes. Mineral...Read More

Vancouver-based Copper Mountain Mining Corp. has published a new integrated mine plan that increases both copper and gold production, extends mine life, and lowers cash costs.The new plan includes a modest expansion of the existing Copper Mountain mill to 45,000 t/d and integrates production from the New Ingerbelle deposit.The company has only good things to say about the proposed changes. Mineral...Read More

Roche's $4.3 billion buyout of Spark Therapeutics is lifting QURE and VYGR todayStocks are trading higher today as Wall Street reacts to positive U.S.-China trade news. Among individual names making notable moves aregene therapy specialists uniQure NV (NASDAQ:QURE) and Voyager Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:VYGR), as well as China-based electric car concern Nio Inc (NASDAQ:NIO). Here's a quick roundup...Read More

The company could give billionaire Carl Icahn a say in choosing its new CEOCaesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ:CZR) showed up on Schaeffer's Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky White's list of the 20 S&P MidCap 400 Index (MID) stocks that saw the most options activity in the past 10 days. Names highlighted in yellow are new to the list. CZR options traders picked up slightly more calls than p...Read More

Bayhorse Silver of Vancouver has poured the first silver bullion from its mine of the same name in the central part of the state. The button contains 37.69 oz. of .9999 fine silver, and is stamped with the Liberty Refinery purity mark.The silver comes from a part of a 175 kg sample taken from the Bonanza vein. The sample was ungraded, and the silver content varied but assayed 10,528.6 g/t silver....Read More

Bayhorse Silver of Vancouver has poured the first silver bullion from its mine of the same name in the central part of the state. The button contains 37.69 oz. of .9999 fine silver, and is stamped with the Liberty Refinery purity mark.The silver comes from a part of a 175 kg sample taken from the Bonanza vein. The sample was ungraded, and the silver content varied but assayed 10,528.6 g/t silver....Read More

De Beers Group has decided to merge its mining assets in Canada and South Africa under the name De Beers Group Managed Operations. The change is expected to create a more sustainable business and to streamline operations in both countries.De Beers announced the change as its mining footprint in both countries is shrinking due to the closure of the Snap Lake mine in Canada's Northwest Territory and...Read More

De Beers Group has decided to merge its mining assets in Canada and South Africa under the name De Beers Group Managed Operations. The change is expected to create a more sustainable business and to streamline operations in both countries.De Beers announced the change as its mining footprint in both countries is shrinking due to the closure of the Snap Lake mine in Canada's Northwest Territory and...Read More

De Beers Group has decided to merge its mining assets in Canada and South Africa under the name De Beers Group Managed Operations. The change is expected to create a more sustainable business and to streamline operations in both countries.De Beers announced the change as its mining footprint in both countries is shrinking due to the closure of the Snap Lake mine in Canada's Northwest Territory and...Read More

The wave of gold-miner consolidation has taken a decidedly combative turn.Read full newsRead More

Gold prices settled lower on Monday, pressured as a broad rally in global stocks on the back of progress in U.S.-China trade negotiations drew investor interest away from the precious metal. Gold has seen "a little profit-taking from the past few weeks along with a continued appetite for additional equity risk in the broader U.S. market," said Jeff Wright, executive vice president of GoldMining In...Read More

Barrick Gold Corp.'s new chief executive officer wasted no time telling Newmont Mining Corp. shareholders that he can do a better job.The two companies are trading barbs after Barrick launched a hostile bid for Newmont, which would disrupt a previously announced deal for Goldcorp Inc. Barrick has long wanted to combine its Nevada gold fields with Newmont, but the combination was stymied by persona...Read More

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One coffee stock could surge next month, if past is prologueFebruary has been kind to the stock market thus far, with the S&P 500 Index (SPX) on track for a 3.7% gain. Looking ahead, several stocks could extend their rallies into March, if recent history is any indicator. Below are the 25 best stocks to own in the month of March, with coffee giant Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) at the top of...Read More

Michael Klein - World Economic Forum 2008From breaking into an elite cabal of Saudi Arabian advisers, to being called to work on what could be one of the largest-ever mining takeovers, Michael Klein is making his mark as one of the world's top dealmakers.The former star Citigroup Inc. investment banker is advising Barrick Gold Corp. on its hostile $17.8 billion offer for Newmont Mining Corp. in a...Read More

Michael Klein - World Economic Forum 2008From breaking into an elite cabal of Saudi Arabian advisers, to being called to work on what could be one of the largest-ever mining takeovers, Michael Klein is making his mark as one of the world's top dealmakers.The former star Citigroup Inc. investment banker is advising Barrick Gold Corp. on its hostile $17.8 billion offer for Newmont Mining Corp. in a...Read More

HD has added over 20% since late DecemberHome improvement retailer Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) is down 0.4% at $191.67 in afternoon trading. Options traders are positioned for even bigger losses for the Dow stock after the company'sfourth-quarter earnings report, due before the market opens tomorrow, Feb. 26. Here's a closer look at how HD stock has been performing in the lead up to this scheduled e...Read More

Jefferies just initiated coverage with an "underperform" ratingThe shares of the marijuana concern Cronos Group Inc (NASDAQ:CRON) are sinking today, after Jefferies initiated coverage on the stock. The analyst started CRON with an "underperform" rating, and questioned "when Altria value creation will being to materialize," following the cigarette company's decision to invest $1.8 billion in Cronos...Read More

Speculators doubled their money with February putsSubscribers to Schaeffer's PowerTrend service doubled their money with the Anadarko Petroleum Company (NYSE:APC) February 57.50 put. Here's a quick look at why we expected a big move lower from the oil stock, and how the profitable options trade unfolded.At the time of our recommendation on Thursday, Nov. 1, APC had just experienced a bearish outs...Read More

Whether it was a premeditated move by CEO Mark Bristow to launch Barrick's hostile bid only a couple of hours before Newmont's outgoing boss Gary Goldberg was scheduled to speak to a select group of investors isn't clear.What is apparent though is that the outgoing Newmont CEO came prepared for such an eventuality by opening his presentation at the BMO Capital Markets mining conference in Hollywoo...Read More