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

Stocks turned in their biggest one-day percentage gains since March 2009Fresh off a historically awful Christmas Eve, stocks bounced back in a big way today. The Dow traded on both sides of breakeven early in the session, only to stabilize around midday and ultimately rally over 1,000 points -- its biggest point gain ever -- to snap a four-day losing streak. Investors were encouraged today after K...Read More

All three major US equity indexes gained at least 4% on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones closing just short of a 5% surge. It's the first time that has happened since 2011, according to Bloomberg.Major mining companies were caught up in the market frenzy on Wednesday with lithium producers and potash miners enjoying some of the heaviest buying.Among fertilizer producers, Israel Chemical l...Read More

All three major US equity indexes gained at least 4% on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones closing just short of a 5% surge. It's the first time that has happened since 2011, according to Bloomberg.Major mining companies were caught up in the market frenzy on Wednesday with lithium producers and potash miners enjoying some of the heaviest buying.Among fertilizer producers, Israel Chemical l...Read More

All three major US equity indexes gained at least 4% on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones closing just short of a 5% surge. It's the first time that has happened since 2011, according to Bloomberg.Major mining companies were caught up in the market frenzy on Wednesday with lithium producers and potash miners enjoying some of the heaviest buying.Among fertilizer producers, Israel Chemical l...Read More

All three major US equity indexes gained at least 4% on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones closing just short of a 5% surge. It's the first time that has happened since 2011, according to Bloomberg.Major mining companies were caught up in the market frenzy on Wednesday with lithium producers and potash miners enjoying some of the heaviest buying.Among fertilizer producers, Israel Chemical l...Read More

All three major US equity indexes gained at least 4% on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones closing just short of a 5% surge. It's the first time that has happened since 2011, according to Bloomberg.Major mining companies were caught up in the market frenzy on Wednesday with lithium producers and potash miners enjoying some of the heaviest buying.Among fertilizer producers, Israel Chemical l...Read More

The brokerage firm also set lofty price targets on the pairThe shares of Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:CRBP) are trading up 5.9% at $5.57, after H.C. Wainwright initiated coverage with a "buy" rating and $24 price target -- a more than 356% premium to Monday's close. The analyst in coverage said positive data from lenabasum trials could drive upside in the shares.Analysts are already...Read More

Meanwhile, travel stock NCLH could be headed for lower lowsStocks are rallying today after their Christmas Eve sell-off, with the Dow last seen up almost 600 points. Three stocks in the news today are Elon Musk's Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), e-commerce concern JD.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:JD), and leisure name Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:NCLH). Here's what's moving shares of TSLA, JD, and NCLH...Read More

Waste giant RSG looks ready to bounce after sending up a reliable buy signalThe shares of waste collection giant Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE:RSG) built on their years-long uptrend in 2018, rising in early December to a fresh record high of $78.54. However, amid the latest bout of broad-market turmoil, RSG found support earlier this week in the same area it did following October's patch of volati...Read More

The Trump administration is poised to propose maintaining Obama-era restrictions on mercury pollution from power plants, responding to opposition from electric utilities that have already spent billions of dollars to meet the requirements.At the same time, the Environmental Protection Agency is set to propose changes that may make it harder to toughen mercury emissions standards in the future by d...Read More

Gold futures clung to gains Wednesday to end at a six-month high, continuing to find a modicum of haven-related support as the U.S. stock market roared back from a Christmas Eve selloff amid what remains an ugly December for equity markets. Gold for February delivery GCG9, -0.22% on Comex rose $1.20, or 0.1%, to end at $1,273 an ounce, the highest close for a most-active contract since June 20, a...Read More

Nickel and palladium producer Norilsk Nickel (Nornickel) has terminated an agreement to sell its African assets to Botswana's state-run BCL Group, the Russian company said in a statement.BCL was expected to buy a 50% stake in Nkomati Nickel mine from Nornickel but it pulled out of the 3 billion pula ($281 million) deal about two years ago due to a lack of funds, prompting the Russian firm to file...Read More

A global nickel market deficit will nearly halve to 49,000 tonnes in 2019 from 93,000 tonnes this year on higher output of primary metals by global suppliers and of lower-grade nickel pig iron (NPI) in Indonesia, Sumitomo Metal Mining said on Tuesday.Sumitomo Metal, Japan's biggest nickel smelter, said global demand for nickel is seen increasing by 3.4 percent in 2019 from this year to 2.339 milli...Read More

The struggling stock has been the target of short sellersAuto parts name Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) has been charting a path steadily lower since topping out at a June peak above $103, down almost 40%. The bottom may not be in place yet, though, given the amount of optimism that's currently priced into the underperforming stock. For starters, 16 of 17 analysts covering APTV maintain a "buy" or better rat...Read More

With more than 25 years' experience in the diamond industry - including 19 with De Beers - Stuart Brown was looking for a new opportunity. He found it as the president and CEO of Mountain Province Diamonds (TSX: MPVD; NASDAQ: MPVD)."I was quite excited by this," he said. "I think the mine has good potential, because it's just starting off. I thought I could add a lot of value with my prior rel...Read More

With more than 25 years' experience in the diamond industry - including 19 with De Beers - Stuart Brown was looking for a new opportunity. He found it as the president and CEO of Mountain Province Diamonds (TSX: MPVD; NASDAQ: MPVD)."I was quite excited by this," he said. "I think the mine has good potential, because it's just starting off. I thought I could add a lot of value with my prior rel...Read More

With more than 25 years' experience in the diamond industry - including 19 with De Beers - Stuart Brown was looking for a new opportunity. He found it as the president and CEO of Mountain Province Diamonds (TSX: MPVD; NASDAQ: MPVD)."I was quite excited by this," he said. "I think the mine has good potential, because it's just starting off. I thought I could add a lot of value with my prior rel...Read More

The analyst cited strong growth and M&A potentialThe shares of Roku Inc (NASDAQ:ROKU) are trading up 5.1% today at $28.55, after Needham called the streaming device stock its "Top Pick for 2019." The analyst in coverage cited strong growth potential, and said Roku could be an attractive takeover target.This bullish positioning toward Roku is hardly unusual, with nine of 13 analysts calling the sto...Read More

February crude futures are up more than 6% at middayIn the wake of Monday's historic Christmas Eve sell-off, stock market volatility has flared up once more, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) exploring a 366-point trading range on both sides of breakeven so far. After hitting a fresh 15-month low earlier, the blue-chip index was up triple digits most recently, on track to snap a four-da...Read More

Gold is soaring, set for the biggest monthly gain in almost two years after the partial U.S. government shutdown and concerns about the 2019 economic outlook stoked demand for the metal as a haven.Gold futures touched a six-month high as U.S. stocks flirt with a bear market and the shutdown in Washington enters its fifth day amid no signs of progress to resolve the dispute over funding for a wall...Read More