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

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Billionaire Robert Friedland, founder and executive chairman of Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN), said Wednesday his copper project with Chinese partners, Zijin Mining and Crystal River Global in the Democratic Republic of Congo "definitely" has the potential to become the world's second-largest red metal mine."Kamoa-Kakula will become the world's second-largest copper mine with peak annual production...Read More

Billionaire Robert Friedland, founder and executive chairman of Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN), said Wednesday his copper project with Chinese partners, Zijin Mining and Crystal River Global in the Democratic Republic of Congo "definitely" has the potential to become the world's second-largest red metal mine."Kamoa-Kakula will become the world's second-largest copper mine with peak annual production...Read More

Samarco Mineracao SA, the Brazilian mining venture that hasn't operated since a deadly dam collapse in 2015, will seek to reboot talks with creditors after one of its parent companies suffered an even worse disaster at its own site, according to people involved in the discussions.Last month's deadly accident at a Vale SA tailings dam in Minas Gerais state has upended the outlook for Samarco, which...Read More

GM and CPRI are two post-earnings gainers todayThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is struggling for direction at midday, with the blue-chip index pacing toward its first loss in four days.The S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) are in the red, too, with the former on track to snap its five-day winning streak, and a tech sector pullback weighing on the latter. Investors are also...Read More

Bolivia has chosen a Chinese consortium to help it produce lithium, the government said on Wednesday, giving China a potential foothold in the country's huge untapped reserves of the prized electric battery metal.China's Xinjiang TBEA Group Co Ltd will hold a 49 percent stake in a joint venture with Bolivia's state lithium company YLB, the Bolivian firm said. Together, the two companies will produ...Read More

TWTR stock tends to make big moves after earningsWith Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) set to report fourth-quarter earnings ahead of open tomorrow, Feb. 7, call volume is accelerated on the social media stock today. At last check, around 40,000 calls have traded on TWTR stock -- two times what's typically seen at this point -- with the weekly 2/8 options series in focus.More specifically, the weekly 2/8 3...Read More

Brazil's Vale SA, the world's largest iron ore miner, will invest some 1.5 billion reais ($400 million) starting in 2020 to reduce its reliance on tailings dams, it said late on Tuesday, after one dam collapsed last month, likely killing more than 300 people.The dam at the Feijao do Corrego mine burst on Jan. 25 in the town of Brumadinho, in what is possibly Brazil's most deadly mining disaster. R...Read More

The response to the horrendous dam collapse at a mine owned by Brazil's Vale has focused on iron ore prices and how a disaster that will likely claim more than 300 lives occurred, and what must be done to make sure this doesn't happen again.These are valid concerns, but the risk of focusing on the immediate issues is that the much larger problems of the mining industry are once again glossed over....Read More

Saudi Arabia will invest around $3.8 billion to enhance access to geoscience data and reduce regulatory red tape as it looks to boost mineral exploration, senior government officials said on Wednesday.Government plans to jump-start the Saudi mining sector form part of a broader industrial strategy aimed at diversifying the economy and attracting private-sector investments worth 1.6 trillion riyals...Read More

Saudi Arabia will invest around $3.8 billion to enhance access to geoscience data and reduce regulatory red tape as it looks to boost mineral exploration, senior government officials said on Wednesday.Government plans to jump-start the Saudi mining sector form part of a broader industrial strategy aimed at diversifying the economy and attracting private-sector investments worth 1.6 trillion riyals...Read More

This is shaping up to be the worst day in roughly a decade for EA and TTWOVideo game stocks are getting trounced this morning, after two industry giants faltered in the earnings confessional. First, there's Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), down 13.4% to trade at $92.93 after reporting weaker-than-expected fiscal third-quarter earnings, even as revenue topped expectations. The...Read More

Humana reported fourth-quarter earnings and revenue that beat analysts' expectationsThe shares of Humana Inc (NYSE:HUM) were up in pre-market trading, after the health insurance concern announced fourth-quarter profit and revenue that beat analysts' expectations, thanks to growth in Medicare Advantage plans. However, they quickly reversed course, now down 3.3% at $293.26, after the company's ch...Read More

* Govt working to unblock giant Simandou iron ore project* Infrastructure cost is considered a major obstacleGuinea stands by its requirement that output from the long-delayed Simandou iron ore project must be exported from a Guinean port, despite the collapse of a deal aimed at jump-starting development, its mines minister said on Wednesday.Simandou is one of the world's biggest iron deposits, co...Read More

MGNX has more than doubled todayMacroGenics Inc (NASDAQ:MGNX) is blowing up today, skyrocketing 172% to trade at $30.21. The monster move is a result of a positive late-stage trial update for the company's breast cancer treatment, Margetuximab. This price action puts the stock back near its 52-week high of $32.74 from 11 months ago, and comes just two days after the shares touched an all-time low...Read More

Snap is headed toward its best day in almost a yearThe shares of Snap Inc (NYSE:SNAP) have surged 25.5% out of the gate to trade at $8.82. Fueling the upside is the Snapchat parent's impressive earnings report, as well as a round of bullish brokerage notes. As such, SNAP stock is set for its best day since Feb. 7, 2018, when it jumped 47.6% in a single session. For the fourth quarter, Snap unveile...Read More

Zambia, Africa's second-largest copper producer, sees recent changes to its mining royalties regime as fair and won't consider a review despite warnings from the industry that it could deter investment and result in job losses, Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe said."There is no renegotiation taking place because a law has been passed in parliament to change the tax regime""There is no renegoti...Read More

Zambia, Africa's second-largest copper producer, sees recent changes to its mining royalties regime as fair and won't consider a review despite warnings from the industry that it could deter investment and result in job losses, Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe said."There is no renegotiation taking place because a law has been passed in parliament to change the tax regime""There is no renegoti...Read More

South Africa's biggest gold producer would consider buying more assets in the country after paying off debt from previous acquisitions.Sibanye Gold Ltd. hasn't discussed deals, but AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.'s Mponeng mine and Gold Fields Ltd.'s troubled South Deep operation would both fit into the company's portfolio, Chief Executive Officer Neal Froneman said in an interview in Cape Town. Still, for...Read More