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

Nike stock is leading the Dow higher after its Q2 earnings beatShares of Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) are up nearly 9% at $73.48 in early trading, after the company announced its fiscal second-quarter earnings results last night. The Dow component reported strong online sales in North America, as well as quarterly revenue and profit that beat analyst expectations. J.P. Morgan Securities and Pivotal Researc...Read More

NEW DELHI - An Indian court on Friday said Vedanta cannot reopen its South Indian copper smelter until its hears a case challenging an order by the country's environment court which provided relief to the conglomerate, the petitioner in the case said.The smelter was ordered shut permanently by the Tamil Nadu state government in May following violent protests against its operation, killing 13 and i...Read More

NEW DELHI - An Indian court on Friday said Vedanta cannot reopen its South Indian copper smelter until its hears a case challenging an order by the country's environment court which provided relief to the conglomerate, the petitioner in the case said.The smelter was ordered shut permanently by the Tamil Nadu state government in May following violent protests against its operation, killing 13 and i...Read More

Montr?(C)al, QC - Siyata Mobile Inc. (TSX-V:SIM | OTCQX: SYATF) (the "Company" or "Siyata"), is pleased to announce that it has completed a non-brokered private placement of 4,623,800 units (each, a "Unit"), at a price of $0.45 per unit, for gross proceeds of $2,080,710.00. Each Unit consists of one common share of the Company, and one common share purchase warrant (a "Warrant"). Each Warr...Read More

* Gold discounts narrow in India* Activity quiet in China, Singapore, Hong Kong* Prices in Japan on par with benchmark gold for 14th weekMUMBAI/BENGALURU - Demand for physical gold was tepid across major buying centres in Asia this week as higher prices curbed purchases, with buying also impacted by the arrival of the year-end holiday season.Benchmark spot gold scaled a near six-month peak on Thur...Read More

DZ Bank downgraded FB stock to "sell"In the latest Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) news cycle, the company, along with rival Twitter (TWTR), said it's removing fake news sites in Bangladesh ahead of elections there. Bloomberg has also reported that the tech giant is working on a cryptocurrency to be used in its WhatsApp application. Meanwhile, back on Wall Street, FB stock was just hit with a downgrade...Read More

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's Transnet hopes to re-open on Saturday one of two closed coal export lines linking mines to the Richards Bay export terminal after it was closed following a train derailment, the state-run freight company said on Friday.A preliminary investigation into the cause of the derailment points to sabotage, after the railway line was cut in half by a blow torch, Transnet Freig...Read More

Where in the world is Peter Schiff, as the stock market entered an apparent unraveling phase? Find the chief executive of Euro Pacific Capital, a longtime market pundit and well-known gold bug, on a beach in Puerto Rico, where he's taken up residence as he watches the equity market get rocked. "I'm watching the U.S. economy implode from the beach," Schiff told MarketWatch during a recent phone in...Read More

The used car retailer said comparable store unit sales slumped in the third quarter, thoughThe shares of CarMax, Inc (NYSE:KMX) were lower in premarket action, after the used car retailer said unit sales slumped 1.2% on a comparable store sales basis in the third quarter. However, the company also said total unit sales rose 2.3% over the three-month period, and reported a third-quarter earnings be...Read More

JAKARTA - A special mining permit given to Freeport McMoRan unit PT Freeport Indonesia on Friday is valid up to 2031, and could be extended to 2041, an energy ministry official said.* Copper ore output from Freeport's Grasberg mine is expected to decline in 2019 once open pit mining ends this year, Freeport Indonesia chief executive Tony Wenas said* Output from the mine is expected to increase onc...Read More

JAKARTA - A special mining permit given to Freeport McMoRan unit PT Freeport Indonesia on Friday is valid up to 2031, and could be extended to 2041, an energy ministry official said.* Copper ore output from Freeport's Grasberg mine is expected to decline in 2019 once open pit mining ends this year, Freeport Indonesia chief executive Tony Wenas said* Output from the mine is expected to increase onc...Read More

A shift in sentiment could spark more headwinds for the struggling tobacco nameThe shares of Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) are down 3.1% in early trading at $48.89, after Citigroup downgraded the stock to "sell" from "neutral," while trimming its price target $45 from $47. In addition, Independent Research downgraded MO to "sell" from "hold" and slashed its price target to $47 from $59, and Stifel ch...Read More

Australia's Lucapa Diamond (ASX:LOM) has locked in 100 million rand (about $7m) in development funding from South Africa's Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) for its 70%-owned Mothae diamond plant, in Lesotho.Commercial production at the mine, which the Perth-based company acquired in early 2017, began earlier this month via a new 1.1 million tonne-per-year plant that is progressively rampin...Read More

Australia's Lucapa Diamond (ASX:LOM) has locked in 100 million rand (about $7m) in development funding from South Africa's Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) for its 70%-owned Mothae diamond plant, in Lesotho.Commercial production at the mine, which the Perth-based company acquired in early 2017, began earlier this month via a new 1.1 million tonne-per-year plant that is progressively rampin...Read More

Australia's Lucapa Diamond (ASX:LOM) has locked in 100 million rand (about $7m) in development funding from South Africa's Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) for its 70%-owned Mothae diamond plant, in Lesotho.Commercial production at the mine, which the Perth-based company acquired in early 2017, began earlier this month via a new 1.1 million tonne-per-year plant that is progressively rampin...Read More

* China's top aluminium smelters meet in Guangxi amid price slump* Attendees to cut more than 800,000 T in coming months -official* Firms say operating pressure reaching 'extreme limit' -Antaike* Meeting failed to send bullish signal to market -analystBEIJING - China's aluminium producers are set to cut at least another 800,000 tonnes per year of smelting capacity in coming months, according to an...Read More

A downward GDP revision and durable goods orders are also in focusDow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are trading well above fair value this morning, as a big earnings boost from Nike (NKE) offsets D.C. drama. Futures on the S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) are also signaling a rebound for stocks, even after the Senate indicated it will not approve a House budget bill that inc...Read More

Traders don't need to wait until the opening bell to start raking in massive wins.In light of the recent market action, many traders are taking time to reevaluate their portfolios...Analyzing their open positions...And getting ready to make any needed changes to their trading in the weeks and months ahead.However, most traders are under the impression that they have to wait until markets open to...Read More

Vancouver, BC - Peekaboo Beans Inc (CSE:BEAN | OTCQB:PBBSF) (the "Company" or "Peekaboo Beans"), is pleased to announce that it has oversubscribed its non?EUR?brokered private placement (the "Private Placement") previously announced on December 14, 2018, pursuant to which it has issued an aggregate of 5,850,000 units at a price of $0.10 per unit (each a "Unit") for gross proceeds of $585,000....Read More

Global miner Anglo American (LON:AAL) has resumed operations at its giant Minas Rio iron ore mine in Brazil after eight months of closure following the discovery of a leak in a pipeline that carries ore to a port in Rio de Janeiro for export.As a result of the outage at its biggest development project, the company said on Friday it expected to record a loss of $320 million, which is at the lower e...Read More