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

ORCL is heading toward its eighth straight weekly winThe shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) are in focus today, after Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) disclosed it had liquidated the entirety of its $2 billion (1.2% stake) in the software name at the end of December. Berkshire Hathaway's position lasted just one quarter. In response to the news, options traders have come out of...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

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Kinross Gold's (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) shares were up 6.25% on Friday, after reporting Q4 results this week. The company produced 2.45 million gold-equivalent ounces last year, with record production from its Paracatu mine in Brazil and its Bald Mountain mine in Nevada, and forecasts company-wide production this year will be similar to 2018.The company reported an attributable all-in cost per oz. s...Read More

Kinross Gold's (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) shares were up 6.25% on Friday, after reporting Q4 results this week. The company produced 2.45 million gold-equivalent ounces last year, with record production from its Paracatu mine in Brazil and its Bald Mountain mine in Nevada, and forecasts company-wide production this year will be similar to 2018.The company reported an attributable all-in cost per oz. s...Read More

Kinross Gold's (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) shares were up 6.25% on Friday, after reporting Q4 results this week. The company produced 2.45 million gold-equivalent ounces last year, with record production from its Paracatu mine in Brazil and its Bald Mountain mine in Nevada, and forecasts company-wide production this year will be similar to 2018.The company reported an attributable all-in cost per oz. s...Read More

Seeking assurances from Brazilian miner Vale by phone after a second deadly dam disaster in three years is not enough for Sasja Beslik. He plans to fly there himself to get answers.Beslik, head of sustainable finance at Swedish bank Nordea, blocked the bank's investment managers from buying any more Vale shares on Jan. 26, the day after a dam filled with mining waste burst its banks, killing hundr...Read More

The drug name is scheduled to report on Tuesday Up 0.8% at $159.30, at last check, drug name SAGE Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:SAGE) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter earnings before the market opens on Tuesday, Feb. 19. Below, we will take a look at how SAGE stock has been faring on the charts, and dive into what the options market is pricing in for the shares' post-earnings activity. SAGE stoc...Read More

Berkshire Hathaway reported a stake in the Canadian oil firmThe shares of Suncor Energy Inc. (NYSE:SU) are higher today, after activist investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) disclosed a stake in the Canadian oil firm. Against this backdrop, SU options are flying off the shelves at a much faster-than-usual pace.Suncor stock was last seen 3.8% higher at $33.78. The security has reboun...Read More

At least four analysts have issued price-target cuts on the stock this weekMedical supply distributor Henry Schein, Inc. (NASDAQ:HSIC) has taken a beating from analysts this week, with Baird, J.P. Morgan Securities, UBS, and RBC all issuing price-target cuts. The equity has managed to stay afloat, though, and is pacing to end the week with a nearly 6% gain. However, ahead of earnings next week, H...Read More

Oil prices are higher today, tooThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is roaring into the weekend, up over 300 points at midday and on track for its eighth straight weekly win, its longest streak since late 2017. Fueling today's gains is reported trade talk progress between the U.S. and China. And at a press conference declaring a national emergency for border wall funding, President Donald Trum...Read More

The world's two biggest gold miners both announced mega-mergers over the past 5 months or so. These huge deals briefly garnered some interest in the usually-forgotten gold-stock sector, and fleeting praise from Wall Street analysts. But gold-stock mega-mergers are bad news for gold-miner shareholders on all sides. They reveal the serious struggles of major gold miners, and really retard future ups...Read More

The world's two biggest gold miners both announced mega-mergers over the past 5 months or so. These huge deals briefly garnered some interest in the usually-forgotten gold-stock sector, and fleeting praise from Wall Street analysts. But gold-stock mega-mergers are bad news for gold-miner shareholders on all sides. They reveal the serious struggles of major gold miners, and really retard future ups...Read More

The shares pulled back this week on news of a Levi Strauss IPOThe shares of Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE:ANF) have been climbing higher since their Dec. 24 low at $16.65, and topped out at $22.67 earlier this week. The retail stock pulled back from this short-term peak on Tuesday following news denim company Levi Strauss filed for an initial public offering. ANF is now trading near a trendline th...Read More

If a mine dispute were all that SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. had to worry about, Chief Executive Officer Neil Bruce might be looking forward to next week's earnings report with some equanimity.As it stands, the Canadian engineering giant is being rocked by a political controversy that's embroiled Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and dredged up corruption allegations that date back almost two decades in Lib...Read More

* Growth picks up from 5.3 pct in 2017, beats expectations* Foreign trade up 22.3 pct on yearMongolia's economy grew 6.9 percent in 2018, beating expectations and accelerating from a 5.3 percent pace the previous year, the statistics office said on Friday.An increase in foreign trade revenues, particularly from resources such as coal and copper helped drive the expansion, which was higher than an...Read More

South Africa's Gold Fields Ltd said on Friday its full-year profit slumped 73 percent, dented by a decline in bullion production led by its South Deep operations.Headline earnings per share (HEPS) fell to $0.07 per share, for the full year ended Dec. 31, 2018, from $0.26 in the previous year.HEPS is the main profit measure used in South Africa that strips out certain one-off items.Revenue dropped...Read More

The company reported worse-than-expected per-share earningsThe shares of Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) are down in early trading, after the company announced fiscal first-quarter earnings that fell short of analysts' expectations.The tractor concern blamed the rising costs of raw materials and logistics, due to the U.S.-China trade war. After briefly turning higher earlier, DE stock was last seen 0.8%...Read More

Brazil's Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais posted 830 million reais ($223.21 million) in profit in 2018, more than doubling its earnings from a year ago, the company said in a securities filing on Friday.Brazil's steelmakers have benefitted from higher metal prices in 2018 amid global trade disputes between the United States and China.($1 = 3.7184 reais)(By Marcelo Rochabrun; Editing by Mark Pot...Read More

* Gold prices in India trading near record levels* Yen-denominated gold climbs to 1-year peak* China premiums ease to $7-$10/ozA rally in domestic prices curtailed physical gold demand in India and Japan, with interest in the precious metal lacklustre in other Asian centres as markets gradually return from the Lunar New Year holidays.In India, gold traded around 34,400 rupees per 10 grams, not far...Read More