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

QUEBEC - Toronto's Osisko Mining reports a bonanza - 2,223 g/t gold over 2.0 metres - intersection in zone 27 at its Windfall Lake gold project in the James Bay region, 200 km northeast of Val d'Or. The company began an 800,000-metre drill program in 2015, and is currently focused on infill drilling at the main Windfall and Lynx deposits.Windfall has had more than its share of bonanza drill result...Read More

MONTREAL - Osisko Gold Royalties has begun a $100 million share buyback program with an initial investment of $9.8 million towards its normal course issuer bid. The company purchased 849,480 shares at an average price of $11.56 per share during December 2018. The shares will be canceled.The share buyback program was announced last month at the same time Osisko said it had received proceeds of $159...Read More

MONTREAL - Osisko Gold Royalties has begun a $100 million share buyback program with an initial investment of $9.8 million towards its normal course issuer bid. The company purchased 849,480 shares at an average price of $11.56 per share during December 2018. The shares will be canceled.The share buyback program was announced last month at the same time Osisko said it had received proceeds of $159...Read More

MONTREAL - Osisko Gold Royalties has begun a $100 million share buyback program with an initial investment of $9.8 million towards its normal course issuer bid. The company purchased 849,480 shares at an average price of $11.56 per share during December 2018. The shares will be canceled.The share buyback program was announced last month at the same time Osisko said it had received proceeds of $159...Read More

This stunning research revealed by the former hedge-fund who predicted the last NASDAQ crash could have some Americans thinking twice before hoarding cash.Something strange is going on in the financial system.And according to The Wall Street Journal, it's causing some investors- including the biggest banks in the world- to move massive amounts of money out of the banking system.What exactly is go...Read More

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Millennial Lithium (TSXV: ML; US-OTC: MLNLF) is nearing an updated resource estimate and feasibility study (FS) at its 86 sq. km Pastos Grandes lithium project in Salta, Argentina.The company is aiming for a 25,000 tonne per year lithium carbonate equivalent operation at Pastos Grandes. It expects to table the FS, which will include the updated resource estimate, by the end of 2019's second quarte...Read More

Millennial Lithium (TSXV: ML; US-OTC: MLNLF) is nearing an updated resource estimate and feasibility study (FS) at its 86 sq. km Pastos Grandes lithium project in Salta, Argentina.The company is aiming for a 25,000 tonne per year lithium carbonate equivalent operation at Pastos Grandes. It expects to table the FS, which will include the updated resource estimate, by the end of 2019's second quarte...Read More

SANTIAGO - Chile's environmental regulator on Monday approved a $25 million compliance plan by top lithium producer SQM SA, ending a multi-year investigation by Chilean authorities that found the miner had overdrawn lithium-rich brine from the Atacama salt flat.The 18-month remediation plan includes a new online system to monitor SQM's extraction rates of both brine and fresh water from beneath th...Read More

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The shares have been trending lower since AugustThe shares of DowDuPont Inc (NYSE:DWDP) were trading near $72 in late August, before falling all the way down to the $51.32 by Oct. 26. A rebound from here quickly stalled out near DWDP's 40-day moving average, and the shares found their way to a record low of $48.89 on Dec. 26. The equity has since rallied back up to this key trendline, and history...Read More

HighService Service team on siteMetso has agreed to acquire HighService Service, the service business of the Chilean mining technology and maintenance provider HighService Corp.HighService Service is a high-quality service provider for the mining industry, with operations in Chile, Argentina and Brazil. Its sales in the fiscal year 2017 were 60 million euros and it has 1,300 employees."The acquisi...Read More

Healthcare stocks are in focus amid a big industry conference and M&A newsThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is moving cautiously higher today, as stocks look to extend Friday's Fed-led rally. U.S.-China trade relations are still in the spotlight, as leaders meet this week to discuss a possible agreement. FAANG stocks Netflix (NFLX) and Amazon (AMZN) are among the notable gainers today, with t...Read More

In response to customer requests, Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology is expanding its Ranger?,,? DX series of surface top hammer drill rigs with two non-cabin Ranger?,,? DXR versions for improved safety in the toughest quarry and construction applications.Ranger DX series of surface top hammer drill rigs, suited for construction applications, quarries and open pit mines is now expanded with two ne...Read More

Tesla options have been popular in recent weeks Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) made headlines today after the company broke ground at its Shanghai gigafactory, where it plans to produce its Model 3 vehicle by the end of the year. At the same time, Barclays chimed in on the stock, noting that any falloff in Model 3 U.S. delivery numbers could be offset by strong European sales, though it kept its bearish...Read More

In the largest coal-producing state in the U.S., a Hitachi EX2500-6 carries a heavy workload at Peabody's Rawhide Mine.Bringing down a 60-degree, 180-foot highwall is just part of the daily workload for a Hitachi EX2500-6 at Peabody's Rawhide Mine, a thermal coal surface mine located 10 miles north of Gillette, Wyo."The Hitachi EX2500-6 excavator is used to bring down the highwall in the pit," sai...Read More

The company made the announcement at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare ConferenceBausch Health Companies Inc (NYSE:BHC) is among the healthcare stocks making noise today. At the closely watched J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, Bausch said it expects an increase in year-over-year revenue in 2019, sending BHC stock 6.4% higher to trade at $22.61. What's more, BHC call options are flying off the shelves t...Read More

* Reserves fall $67.24 bln in 2018, vs gain of $129.4 bln in 2017* Reserves rise $11 bln in Dec to $3.073 trln, slightly top f'cast* Trade deal hopes, softer dollar offer some respite for yuan* Forex regulator expects reserves to be generally stable in 2019BEIJING - China's annual foreign exchange reserves fell for the third time in four years in 2018 as the yuan came under strong selling pressure...Read More

Sibanye Gold Ltd. said a protracted strike at its South African gold mines may hurt earnings at a time when the producer remains under pressure to reduce debt.Thousands of workers started a strike in November over pay, and there's inconsistent output at three mines amid limited operations, spokesman James Wellsted said, without saying how many workers are showing up. Sibanye is assessing the impac...Read More

The pharma stock has been in a long-term uptrendBuyout news has dominated the pharmaceutical sector in early 2019, with Eli Lilly and Co (NYSE:LLY) the latest name to announce a big purchase. Specifically, the Indianapolis firm said it was buying cancer drug specialist Loxo Oncology for $8 billion in cash, or $235 per LOXO share. While LOXO stock has jumped 66.4% to trade at $232.72, LLY shares ar...Read More