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

It's been weird in the coal world in recent days, with the world's largest shipper saying it's capping output, biggest seaborne buyer China putting restrictions on some imports, and an Australian court saying mines must factor in climate change.Throw in an executive at a major Indian coal-fired power generator saying his company won't build any new plants as coal can't compete with renewables, and...Read More

Golden Star Resources (TSX: GSC; NYSE: GSS) has boosted the inferred resource at its Father Brown gold project in Ghana 93% to 2.3 million tonnes grading 6.4 grams gold per tonne for 474,743 oz. gold. It also updated the project's indicated resource, which now totals 981,465 tonnes at 7.5 grams gold for 237,897 oz. gold.Father Brown consists of the Father Brown and Adoikrom pits, which the company...Read More

Golden Star Resources (TSX: GSC; NYSE: GSS) has boosted the inferred resource at its Father Brown gold project in Ghana 93% to 2.3 million tonnes grading 6.4 grams gold per tonne for 474,743 oz. gold. It also updated the project's indicated resource, which now totals 981,465 tonnes at 7.5 grams gold for 237,897 oz. gold.Father Brown consists of the Father Brown and Adoikrom pits, which the company...Read More

STMP has more than halved this morningShares of shipping name Stamps.com Inc. (NASDAQ:STMP) are down more than 56% at $87.01 -- and just touched a fresh two-year low of $85.56 -- after the company announced the discontinuation of partnership with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). CEO Kenneth McBride said the company will "fully embrace partnerships with other carriers ... well positioned to win the...Read More

At least 15 mining firms in South Africa have received notices of strikes to be held next week in support of colleagues at Sibanye-Stillwater who on strike over wages and job cuts, Minerals Council South Africa said on Friday.The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) has been on strike at Sibanye's bullion operations since mid-November and plans to extend the strike to its plati...Read More

At least 15 mining firms in South Africa have received notices of strikes to be held next week in support of colleagues at Sibanye-Stillwater who on strike over wages and job cuts, Minerals Council South Africa said on Friday.The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) has been on strike at Sibanye's bullion operations since mid-November and plans to extend the strike to its plati...Read More

The company's founder announced his return as CEO last night The shares of Zillow Group Inc (NASDAQ:ZG) are up 9.8% at $38.48 in early trading after the company's founder Richard Barton announced his return as CEO last night. The news came with the online real estate concern's fourth-quarter earnings report, in which Zillow posted stronger-than-expected revenue. ZG has suffered two dramatic bear g...Read More

The brokerage firm's new price target is a 24.5% premium to INTC's Thursday settlementIntel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) is trading up 2.6% this morning at $52.76, following an upgrade at Morgan Stanley to "overweight" from "equal weight." The brokerage firm also moved its price target all the way up to $64 from $55 -- representing 24.5% expected upside from yesterday's close and multi-year high terr...Read More

About 20 people died on Wednesday when a truck carrying acid to Glencore's Mutanda Mine in Democratic Republic of Congo collided with two other vehicles, Glencore said on Friday.The accident occurred in the evening about 50 kilometres (31 miles) from the copper and cobalt mine in the southeast of the country.The truck was owned by a logistics company contracted by the mine, Glencore said, without...Read More

Rescuers have retrieved another 13 bodies from a disused South African coal mine following a gas blast there around two weeks ago, police said on Friday, raising the confirmed death toll to 18.More than 20 people were trapped underground in early February when a gas pipe exploded after they entered the mine to steal copper wire that supplies power for lighting and ventilation.Rescuers had to abort...Read More

Regional exploration last year on its Indin Lake property, 200 km north of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories turned up high-grade gold in grab samples taken in three different areas including 174.50 grams gold per tonne at Fishhook, the southernmost project on its 899-sq-km land package, Nighthawk Gold (TSX: NHK; US-OTC: MIMZF) reports.Fishhook consists of several historical gold showings s...Read More

Regional exploration last year on its Indin Lake property, 200 km north of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories turned up high-grade gold in grab samples taken in three different areas including 174.50 grams gold per tonne at Fishhook, the southernmost project on its 899-sq-km land package, Nighthawk Gold (TSX: NHK; US-OTC: MIMZF) reports.Fishhook consists of several historical gold showings s...Read More

Regional exploration last year on its Indin Lake property, 200 km north of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories turned up high-grade gold in grab samples taken in three different areas including 174.50 grams gold per tonne at Fishhook, the southernmost project on its 899-sq-km land package, Nighthawk Gold (TSX: NHK; US-OTC: MIMZF) reports.Fishhook consists of several historical gold showings s...Read More

The streaming name's fourth-quarter results beat on both the top and bottom lineThe shares of Roku Inc (NASDAQ:ROKU) are up 5.7% in electronic trading, after the streaming device service reported fourth-quarter earnings of 5 cents per share on $275.7 million in revenue -- more than analysts were expecting. What's more, Roku added 3.3 million users over the three-month period, while user streaming...Read More

Several Fed speakers could weigh in on the recent batch of ugly economic dataDow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are up over 100 points today, on hopes that a trade resolution between the U.S. and China is in sight. Ahead of the March 1 tariff deadline, and after weeks of lower-level trade talks, President Donald Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He will meet in Washington, D.C., today. El...Read More

Shares in Canada's Eldorado Gold (TSX:ELD)(NYSE:EGO) climbed on Friday after the miner said it is ready to grow its yearly output to more than 500,000 ounces next year, supported by the restart of its K????lada?? gold mine in Turkey, and the soon-to-be coming online Lamaque project in Canada.The Vancouver-based miner cancelled plans last month to build a $500-million processing mill at K????lada...Read More

Shares in Canada's Eldorado Gold (TSX:ELD)(NYSE:EGO) climbed on Friday after the miner said it is ready to grow its yearly output to more than 500,000 ounces next year, supported by the restart of its K????lada?? gold mine in Turkey, and the soon-to-be coming online Lamaque project in Canada.The Vancouver-based miner cancelled plans last month to build a $500-million processing mill at K????lada...Read More

Shares in Canada's Eldorado Gold (TSX:ELD)(NYSE:EGO) climbed on Friday after the miner said it is ready to grow its yearly output to more than 500,000 ounces next year, supported by the restart of its K????lada?? gold mine in Turkey, and the soon-to-be coming online Lamaque project in Canada.The Vancouver-based miner cancelled plans last month to build a $500-million processing mill at K????lada...Read More

Shares in Canada's Eldorado Gold (TSX:ELD)(NYSE:EGO) climbed on Friday after the miner said it is ready to grow its yearly output to more than 500,000 ounces next year, supported by the restart of its K????lada?? gold mine in Turkey, and the soon-to-be coming online Lamaque project in Canada.The Vancouver-based miner cancelled plans last month to build a $500-million processing mill at K????lada...Read More

Canada's Pan American Silver (TSX:PAA) (NASDAQ:PAAS) announced Friday that it has completed the $1.07-billion buyout of Tahoe Resources by acquiring all of the issued and outstanding shares of the precious metals miner.Pan American expects to produce between 26.5 million ounces and 27.5 million ounces of silver this year, with gold output in the range of 162,500 ounces to 172,500 ounces.Based on t...Read More