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

While prices for the major metals and other mined commodities mostly went sideways during 2018, there was plenty of big news over the year - much of its stoked by political pressures on miners. Here are our picks of the top mining stories of 2018.8. Beta Hunt bonanza - In the feel-good story of the year, RNC Minerals in September announced it had found a 95-kilogram specimen of rock at its Beta Hu...Read More

When Stratabound Minerals (TSXV: SB) CEO Kim Tyler told people he wanted to drill Golden Culvert as soon as possible after optioning the Yukon gold project in October 2017, many suggested that he should carry out some geophysical surveying before punching holes into the ground.But he told them that sort of work would only confirm what he already knew: that there was an outcrop the size of a transp...Read More

Power Ore (TSXV: PORE) is buying the Opemiska copper mine complex in Quebec from Explorateurs-Innovateurs de Qu?(C)bec (Ex-In), a private company.Opemiska consists of two past-producing underground mines operated by Falconbridge from 1953 to 1991. Located near the town of Chapais, Springer and Perry produced 23 million tonnes at 2.4% copper and 0.3 gram gold per tonne. "We've taken a bet on copper...Read More

Holy Toledo, this market sell-off/hysteria/nightmare is getting real UGLY, fast! Outside of cash, almost nothing is safe these days… Now, I realize that general equities and investors/speculators have been beyond blessed in recent memory, staging an almost unbelievable bull market (lasting ~decade), but as the saying goes: “It’s like taking the stairs up and the elevator dow...Read More

Remember the "tea party" revolt in 2009-2010 against government bailouts and government spending? Remember the "fiscal cliff" drama of Dec. 31, 2012, when Congress raised taxes and cut spending to avoid a debt default and government shutdown? Remember the actual government shutdown in October 2013 as Republicans held the line against more government spending?Well, congratulations if you do, becaus...Read More

The battered bulls sprung from the mat this morning, dukes up and fighting mad.All three major averages rallied hard in early trading.But late morning the bears landed another clout... and the bulls were back on the canvas, taking the count.The Dow Jones ended the day down another 220 points.The S&P lost 30; the Nasdaq, 195.We now have it on excellent authority - Deutsche Bank - that 2018 is t...Read More

With the stroke of a pen, President Trump has ushered in a new era of agricultural industry.And it's about time...After almost a century of being banned in the United States - without any really good reason - hemp will be legal once again. The 2018 Farm Bill called for the legalization of industrial hemp and has been passed by the Senate and House. Trump signed off on it yesterday.It will be remov...Read More

The tribe had challenged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Army Corps of Engineers' apparent failure to exercise jurisdiction over Aquila's wetlands permit for its Back Forty project.The Michigan Department of Environment Quality issued Aquila the wetlands permit in June, causing its shares to spike, but the tribe objected, claiming the federal government was responsible for iss...Read More

Jingle bells have not rung for any investment class towards the close of the year. We all read about heaven and hell on our religious books. In the "Kaalyug" (technological age as per Hindu scriptures), most of the people go to hell as they perform more bad deeds than good deeds. In financial language heaven is profit and hell are investment and trading losses. Most of us go to hell as we incur...Read More

Jingle bells have not rung for any investment class towards the close of the year. We all read about heaven and hell on our religious books. In the "Kaalyug" (technological age as per Hindu scriptures), most of the people go to hell as they perform more bad deeds than good deeds. In financial language heaven is profit and hell are investment and trading losses. Most of us go to hell as we incur...Read More

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Oil prices also fell to an annual lowThe recent selling pressure intensified today, with the Dow and S&P touching new annual lows, and the Nasdaq briefly entering bear-market territory -- defined as 20% off its all-time high. Lingering concerns about the Fed and plummeting oil prices weighed on stocks, while a standoff in Washington, D.C. fueled fears of a government shutdown. Specifically, Presid...Read More

Investors seem way too enamored of this "value" telecom nameThe financials, "fundamentals," and technicals for AT&T (NYSE:T) come down to -- Good: 6.6% dividend yield. Bad: Crushing $185 billion debt load, shares that peaked (without subsequently looking back) in 1999, and a business that has piled one costly acquisition on top of another and still cannot grow. Ugly: The accompanying chart (which...Read More

AES stock could rally after testing support at its 80-day moving average, if past is precedent Despite a recent pullback, shares of AES Corp (NYSE:AES) are still up 35.5% year-to-date, and has outperformed the S&P 500 Index (SPX) by more than 25 percentage points in the past three months. Plus, the utility stock just met up with its 80-day moving average -- a sign that, if history is any indicator...Read More

Shares of ADMA, SPPI, and DBVT are crashingStocks are again falling to new lows today, as headlines point to a potential government shutdown. Looking at the Nasdaq in particular, three of the worst performers are ADMA Biologics Inc (NASDAQ:ADMA), Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPPI), and DBV Technologies (NASDAQ:DBVT). We'll take a closer look at the shares of biotech stocks ADMA, SPPI, an...Read More

Nighthawk Gold is eagerly awaiting the construction of a 97 km all weather, gravel road from about 40 km south of Behchoko to the community of Whati. The company's flagship Indin Lake exploration project would benefit from a shortened ice road to the site.The Indin Lake property includes the former Colomac gold mine that produced more than 525,000 oz. of gold in the 1990s. Nighthawk acquired the m...Read More

Nighthawk Gold is eagerly awaiting the construction of a 97 km all weather, gravel road from about 40 km south of Behchoko to the community of Whati. The company's flagship Indin Lake exploration project would benefit from a shortened ice road to the site.The Indin Lake property includes the former Colomac gold mine that produced more than 525,000 oz. of gold in the 1990s. Nighthawk acquired the m...Read More

Nighthawk Gold is eagerly awaiting the construction of a 97 km all weather, gravel road from about 40 km south of Behchoko to the community of Whati. The company's flagship Indin Lake exploration project would benefit from a shortened ice road to the site.The Indin Lake property includes the former Colomac gold mine that produced more than 525,000 oz. of gold in the 1990s. Nighthawk acquired the m...Read More

US - China trade tensions weighed on copper miners in 2018 as fears of a global economic slowdown overshadowed other fundamentals. Meanwhile gold producers struggled as bullion lost its safe-haven luster until late in the year.What's ahead in 2019?We asked four top executives from companies including Newmont Mining Corp. and Teck Resources Ltd. for their outlooks. From dealing with debt to dividen...Read More