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

South Africa's Gold Fields (JSE:GFI) (NYSE:GFI) on Tuesday denied a report by Bloomberg speculating that the company wants to combine with rival AngloGold Ashanti."This article is factually incorrect and we completely disassociate ourselves with this statement," Gold Fields said in a statement.Earlier, Bloomberg published an article outlining a $8 billion tie-up quoting "a person familiar with the...Read More

South Africa's Gold Fields (JSE:GFI) (NYSE:GFI) on Tuesday denied a report by Bloomberg speculating that the company wants to combine with rival AngloGold Ashanti."This article is factually incorrect and we completely disassociate ourselves with this statement," Gold Fields said in a statement.Earlier, Bloomberg published an article outlining a $8 billion tie-up quoting "a person familiar with the...Read More

This company's innovative products have industry heavyweights paying close attention as they work towards becoming a leader in the VR and AR multi-billion dollar markets.With the enormous potential for VR and AR, both technologies have created interest and excitement through multiple industries and corporate sectors.Building on its past work for some of the most noteworthy companies in the world,...Read More

MELBOURNE - Australian cobalt developer Jervois Mining said on Tuesday it has agreed to buy a Canadian cobalt explorer with operations in Uganda, as the hunt for quality mines in the battery materials sector gains pace.Jervois, which is backed by ex-Glencore executives, is offering one of its shares for every share in M2 Cobalt, valuing the Canadian company at C$16.6 million ($12.5 million), a 4.5...Read More

MELBOURNE - Australian cobalt developer Jervois Mining said on Tuesday it has agreed to buy a Canadian cobalt explorer with operations in Uganda, as the hunt for quality mines in the battery materials sector gains pace.Jervois, which is backed by ex-Glencore executives, is offering one of its shares for every share in M2 Cobalt, valuing the Canadian company at C$16.6 million ($12.5 million), a 4.5...Read More

Earnings from JNJ and TRV are out this morningComing off a fourth straight weekly win, U.S. stocks are indicating a lower open this morning. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are trading more than 100 points below fair value, as traders consider earnings from blue chips Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Travelers Companies (TRV), with IBM (IBM) set to report after the bell. Despite the heavy ea...Read More

SANTIAGO - The union of supervisors at state miner Codelco's Gabriela Mistral mine in northern Chile has rejected the company's final offer for a new collective labor agreement, raising the specter of a strike in the coming days, the union president told Reuters on Tuesday.The union said Codelco, the world's top copper miner, failed to satisfy its demands for a signing bonus, and that the company...Read More

Full-year production at Barrick Gold's Loulo-Gounkoto mining complex in Mali, which the Canadian miner obtained as part of its merger with Randgold, fell shy of expected targets, mainly as a consequence of a week-long strike at the operation, the company said.The Mali-based operation, one of the pillars of the country's economy since Loulo went into production in 2005, produced 1.29 million gold o...Read More

Full-year production at Barrick Gold's Loulo-Gounkoto mining complex in Mali, which the Canadian miner obtained as part of its merger with Randgold, fell shy of expected targets, mainly as a consequence of a week-long strike at the operation, the company said.The Mali-based operation, one of the pillars of the country's economy since Loulo went into production in 2005, produced 1.29 million gold o...Read More

MO short sellers have been cashing outThe shares of Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) aredown 2.4% in electronic trading, after Morgan Stanley downgraded the tobacco name to "underweight" from "equal-weight," while trimming its price target to $45 from $54. The analyst in coverage lowered their earnings growth forecast, and warned that Altria's business algorithm is at risk from changing demographic tr...Read More

What to expect as the rebound rally carries the S&P 500 Index toward overbought status "...the fact that the S&P 500 Index (SPX) took out its 2018 lows gives more credence to a V-rally...After moving above the February 2018 daily closing low of 2,581 on Wednesday, the SPX didn't make much headway. Profit-taking may have slowed the momentum, as the SPX climbed to the 2,586 area, a round 10% above t...Read More

Shares of Pan American Silver (TSX, NASDAQ:PAAS), the miner that recently acquired precious metal miner Tahoe Resources, (TSX:THO) (NYSE:TAHO) creating one of the world's largest silver producers, fell in pre-market trading after it reported full year production was marginally below guidance.The Canadian miner said it had churned out 24.8 million ounces of silver last year, just shy of the 25-2...Read More

Shares of Pan American Silver (TSX, NASDAQ:PAAS), the miner that recently acquired precious metal miner Tahoe Resources, (TSX:THO) (NYSE:TAHO) creating one of the world's largest silver producers, fell in pre-market trading after it reported full year production was marginally below guidance.The Canadian miner said it had churned out 24.8 million ounces of silver last year, just shy of the 25-2...Read More

Early investors stand to reap the rewards as a new technology looks to change everything.One research firm - which recommended Google and Amazon before they became household names - has built a worldwide reputation of identifying profitable tech trends well before Wall Street and the talking heads on T.V.And just recently, they've uncovered a technology that's already being labeled "humanity's las...Read More

Canada's Eldorado Gold (TSX:ELD)(NYSE:EGO) is getting close to opening its first mine in Canada - the Lamaque project in Val d'Or, Quebec, which it grabbed after acquiring Integra Gold in 2017 and is expected to come online during the first quarter of the year.Delivering full year and last quarter of 2018 results, the Vancouver-based company said pre-commercial production from the operation had...Read More

Canada's Eldorado Gold (TSX:ELD)(NYSE:EGO) is getting close to opening its first mine in Canada - the Lamaque project in Val d'Or, Quebec, which it grabbed after acquiring Integra Gold in 2017 and is expected to come online during the first quarter of the year.Delivering full year and last quarter of 2018 results, the Vancouver-based company said pre-commercial production from the operation had...Read More

Canada's Eldorado Gold (TSX:ELD)(NYSE:EGO) is getting close to opening its first mine in Canada - the Lamaque project in Val d'Or, Quebec, which it grabbed after acquiring Integra Gold in 2017 and is expected to come online during the first quarter of the year.Delivering full year and last quarter of 2018 results, the Vancouver-based company said pre-commercial production from the operation had...Read More

World's No.1 miner BHP (ASX:BHP) revealed Tuesday the hefty financial burden caused by three separate incidents that affected its iron ore and copper operations in the October-December 2018 quarter.The Perth-based mining giant said the forced derailment of a fully-laden iron ore train in the Pilbara and unplanned production outages at Olympic Dam and Spence copper mines would cost it $600 million....Read More

Stocks Analysis by Nicholas Santiago covering: Newmont Mining Corporation, Goldcorp Inc. Read Nicholas Santiago's latest article on Investing.comRead full newsRead More

And not just Australian companies but small-to-mid-tier miners domiciled elsewhere  on the lookout for growth options.Read More