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

Netflix will report earnings after the closeDow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are trading below fair value this morning, as attention stays on fourth-quarter earnings season. Traders are digesting Morgan Stanley's (MS) quarterly report, though the shares are set for sharp losses at the open. Later on, after the closing bell, Netflix (NFLX) earnings will be the major story, with blue chip...Read More

AKS options traders have heavily favored putsThe shares of AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE:AKS) aredown 1.9% in electronic trading, after Clarksons Platou Securities downgraded the steel name to "neutral" from "buy," and trimmed its price target to $3 from $5.10. Earlier this week, Goldman Sachs gave AKS a price-target cut to $2.5 from $4, while noting the initial investor excitement around t...Read More

Cornish Lithium, a start-up hoping to lead the development of an industry for the battery metal in the UK, has secured a further ?1 million (about $1.3 million) from its existing investors, which will allow the firm to expand its ongoing drilling work in the ancient mining region of Cornwall, in south-west England.A year ago, the company said it needed about ?5 million to develop its project, w...Read More

The Chinese central bank has done it again and in Thursday's open market operation the PBOC injected a whopping 380BN in open market liquidity, bringing the week's total to a gargantuan 1.14 trillion.Read full newsRead More

Spey Resources (CSE: SPEY) announced that it has entered into an option agreement with Geoxplor Corp. to acquire a 100% interest in the Uravan vanadium-uranium project located in the La Sal area of San Juan County, Utah.Under the terms of the agreement, the Canadian miner has to pay the exploration company $310,000 cash, issue 3.5 million common shares, and make an additional payment of $1 million...Read More

Northern Superior Resources (TSX-V: SUP) issued a press release this week stating that it is ready to move forward with both its TPK gold-silver-copper project located in northwestern Ontario and its Lac Surprise gold project located in Quebec.The Sudbury-based company said it expects to start drilling at the Ti-pa-haa-kaa-ning property, known for its initials TPK, by mid-February, following the c...Read More

Northern Superior Resources (TSX-V: SUP) issued a press release this week stating that it is ready to move forward with both its TPK gold-silver-copper project located in northwestern Ontario and its Lac Surprise gold project located in Quebec.The Sudbury-based company said it expects to start drilling at the Ti-pa-haa-kaa-ning property, known for its initials TPK, by mid-February, following the c...Read More

Northern Superior Resources (TSX-V: SUP) issued a press release this week stating that it is ready to move forward with both its TPK gold-silver-copper project located in northwestern Ontario and its Lac Surprise gold project located in Quebec.The Sudbury-based company said it expects to start drilling at the Ti-pa-haa-kaa-ning property, known for its initials TPK, by mid-February, following the c...Read More

The floodgates are about to open, and early investors stand to reap some major rewards.Everyone knows: It's the casino that NEVER LOSES.And for years, the gaming industry has been stuck in a legal limbo, with black market bookies and smoky underground clubs soaking up billions in potential profits.But the floodgates are about to open to the general public.A key law outlawing online gambling across...Read More

An economic slowdown in China, consumer of about half the world's commodities, is the single biggest challenge for the mining and metals sector in 2019. (Image courtesy of Liebherr.)A worsening of the ongoing economic slowdown in China, consumer of about half the world's commodities, is the single biggest challenge mining and metals companies face this year, a new survey of senior executives shows...Read More

An economic slowdown in China, consumer of about half the world's commodities, is the single biggest challenge for the mining and metals sector in 2019. (Image courtesy of Liebherr.)A worsening of the ongoing economic slowdown in China, consumer of about half the world's commodities, is the single biggest challenge mining and metals companies face this year, a new survey of senior executives shows...Read More

An economic slowdown in China, consumer of about half the world's commodities, is the single biggest challenge for the mining and metals sector in 2019. (Image courtesy of Liebherr.)A worsening of the ongoing economic slowdown in China, consumer of about half the world's commodities, is the single biggest challenge mining and metals companies face this year, a new survey of senior executives shows...Read More

An economic slowdown in China, consumer of about half the world's commodities, is the single biggest challenge for the mining and metals sector in 2019. (Image courtesy of Liebherr.)A worsening of the ongoing economic slowdown in China, consumer of about half the world's commodities, is the single biggest challenge mining and metals companies face this year, a new survey of senior executives shows...Read More

West Africa-focused gold miner Avesoro Resources (TSX, AIM:ASO) said Thursday it had exceeded its 2018 full year production guidance, thanks mainly to a 44% output increase at its New Liberty mine in Liberia and despite a 4% production decline at its Youga asset in Burkina Faso.Avesoro's annual production jumped by 15% to 220,458 ounces of gold compared with 2017, with New Liberty alone churning o...Read More

West Africa-focused gold miner Avesoro Resources (TSX, AIM:ASO) said Thursday it had exceeded its 2018 full year production guidance, thanks mainly to a 44% output increase at its New Liberty mine in Liberia and despite a 4% production decline at its Youga asset in Burkina Faso.Avesoro's annual production jumped by 15% to 220,458 ounces of gold compared with 2017, with New Liberty alone churning o...Read More

Mahenge the Cinderella of the graphite space?SPONSOREDblack rock miningSky is the limit for BSK at Amarillo GrandeSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumNew Energy brings experience to new dawnSPONSOREDnew energy mineralsSustained investment in people a big plus for consultancySPONSOREDbyrnecutAfter a prolonged bear market, Fitch analysts said they expected stronger industry investment to continue, supported by...Read More

Integra Resources (TSXV: ITR; US-OTC: IRRZF) will delay an updated resource estimate for its DeLamar gold-silver project in southwestern Idaho after drill core from a step out hole nearly half a kilometre from the project's current resource assayed 2.53 grams per tonne gold equivalent over nearly 110 metres."Relative to everything we did in 2018, this one drill hole in particular is a real game ch...Read More

Guyana Goldfields Inc. (TSX:GUY) has a history of impressive runs.In 2004, shares shot up by 1,000% in 6 months. In 2006, shares doubled in 30 days. Following the financial crisis in 2009, shares experienced another 1,000% run. Most recently, shares tripled in 2016.Unfortunately, repeated strong runs were always a result of similarly sized downturns. Recently, shares have fallen 75% from their hig...Read More

The FTSE100 closed lower as British prime minister Theresa May has to come up with a "Brexit Plan B" after her government survived a no-confidence vote.Precious metals miner Fresnillo (LSE: FRES) was among those posting the biggest declines yesterday on the London Stock Exchange, down 2.96% on no news.Rio Tinto also closed lower, down 0.59%, while metals and mining stocks rose a collective 2.04% i...Read More

Trevali Mining's Caribou zinc mine in the Bathurst Mining Camp of New Brunswick. Source: Trevali Mining Corp.Trevali Mining Corp. [TV-TSX, LMA; TREVF-OTCQX; 4T1-Frankfurt] on Thursday January 17 announced a leadership change, along with weaker-than-expected production guidance for 2019.The company said CEO Mark Cruise and Chairman Mike Hoffman both plan to step down as part of a leadership transit...Read More