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

Alex Lane, portfolio manager at Dynamic Funds, says major consolidation is needed among resources companies in Canada. He says there are too manyRead full newsRead More

A quick look at some of this morning's analyst activity on Wall StreetTaking a quick look at some bullish analyst attention across Wall Street this morning, three stocks in focus are Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU), Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK), and Sherwin-Williams Co (NYSE:SHW). For LULU shares, Stifel became the latest brokerage firm to weigh in bullishly, upgrading its rating...Read More

If approved, the hormone-free birth control would be the first of its kindSuccessful late-stage results for its experimental birth control, Amphora, have Evofem Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:EVFM) stock up in early trading. If approved by regulators, the gel-based, hormone-free birth control would be the first of its kind -- news that has EVFM shares up nearly 20% to trade at $4.24. The stock earlier pe...Read More

How you can transform lagging indicators into leading indicators. From Bollinger bands to momentum oscillators, technical indicators have been at the forefront of the trading world's constant need to stay ahead of the curve since the first exchange opened its door over 200 years ago.After all, every trader is always looking for an edge... Some way to predict what will happen next... And hopefully...Read More

Short sellers have been ramping up their exposure to the retailer, tooBofA-Merrill Lynch downgraded Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE:BBY) to "underperform" from "neutral," and slashed its price target to $50 from $70 -- a discount to Friday's close. The brokerage firm cited troubling industry trends and uncertainty around sales of Apple (AAPL) products. Additionally, the analyst in coverage said the big box...Read More

Mawson Resources (TSX: MAW; US-OTC: MWSNF) has tabled a maiden resource for its Rajapalot gold-cobalt project in Finland that it says has plenty of room for expansion.The project contains a pit and underground constrained 4.3 million inferred tonnes grading 2.3 grams gold per tonne and 430 ppm cobalt, or 3.1 grams gold equivalent, for 320,000 oz. gold and 1,841 tonnes cobalt. Unconstrained, the p...Read More

Mawson Resources (TSX: MAW; US-OTC: MWSNF) has tabled a maiden resource for its Rajapalot gold-cobalt project in Finland that it says has plenty of room for expansion.The project contains a pit and underground constrained 4.3 million inferred tonnes grading 2.3 grams gold per tonne and 430 ppm cobalt, or 3.1 grams gold equivalent, for 320,000 oz. gold and 1,841 tonnes cobalt. Unconstrained, the p...Read More

Mawson Resources (TSX: MAW; US-OTC: MWSNF) has tabled a maiden resource for its Rajapalot gold-cobalt project in Finland that it says has plenty of room for expansion.The project contains a pit and underground constrained 4.3 million inferred tonnes grading 2.3 grams gold per tonne and 430 ppm cobalt, or 3.1 grams gold equivalent, for 320,000 oz. gold and 1,841 tonnes cobalt. Unconstrained, the p...Read More

Daimler will buy battery cells worth more than 20 billion euros ($23 billion) by...Read full newsRead More

The end of QE does not just show the failure of the ECB's policy. It highlights the failure of governments' economic policies...Read full newsRead More

Canada Cobalt Works of Coquitlam, B.C., says that two widely spaced drill holes have intersected an apparent syenite hosted gold system east of the historic Castle cobalt-silver mine 75 km from Kirkland Lake, near Gowanda.The drill program east of the mine is targeted at high grade gold zones associated with a previously undiscovered major fault structure. A new hole has been collared to intersec...Read More

Canada Cobalt Works of Coquitlam, B.C., says that two widely spaced drill holes have intersected an apparent syenite hosted gold system east of the historic Castle cobalt-silver mine 75 km from Kirkland Lake, near Gowanda.The drill program east of the mine is targeted at high grade gold zones associated with a previously undiscovered major fault structure. A new hole has been collared to intersec...Read More

The shares are on track to retake a key trendline todayThe shares of Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) are up 4.9% in electronic trading, after Craig-Hallum upgrade the book retailer to "buy" from "hold," while boosting its price target to $10 from $7. The new price target represents territory BKS hasn't traded near since March 2017, and is a 54% premium from Friday's closing perch of $6.49. Today'...Read More

The financial firm has been charged in the 1MDB scandalStocks are set to pick up right where they left off on Friday, with Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures trading well below fair value. Today's pressure is coming from Goldman Sachs (GS), with the shares down more than 2% in pre-market trading, on news Malaysia has charged the big-cap bank and two of its former employees in connection wi...Read More

Avino Silver and Gold Mines of Vancouver is very pleased with the initial assay results from the drilling of the 27 vein extension target at the Bralorne mine near Gold Bridge. The company says the results confirmed the continuity of the vein up dip from the area of historic production.The highest assay was 29.56 g/t gold over 0.88 metre (all true widths). Other holes 3.24 g/t over 2.3 metres and...Read More

Avino Silver and Gold Mines of Vancouver is very pleased with the initial assay results from the drilling of the 27 vein extension target at the Bralorne mine near Gold Bridge. The company says the results confirmed the continuity of the vein up dip from the area of historic production.The highest assay was 29.56 g/t gold over 0.88 metre (all true widths). Other holes 3.24 g/t over 2.3 metres and...Read More

The bears haven't even begun to smell blood"An immediate risk to bulls... is the big put open interest lingering at the SPY 260 strike, a large majority of which was bought to open... big put open interest strikes like this can sometimes act as a magnet due to 'delta hedging', which occurs when sellers of the puts are forced to sell S&P futures to hedge their positions ... Admittedly, this is a t...Read More

Africa-focused gold producer Randgold Resources (LON:RSS) will cease trading on both the London Stock Exchange and NASDAQ at the end of the year, as its planned merger with Canada's Barrick Gold Corp (TSE, NYSE:ABX) has been approved by the Royal Court of Jersey, Channel Islands.The $18.3 billion-deal creates "New Barrick," the world's top gold miner by value and output, with a dominant positi...Read More

Africa-focused gold producer Randgold Resources (LON:RSS) will cease trading on both the London Stock Exchange and NASDAQ at the end of the year, as its planned merger with Canada's Barrick Gold Corp (TSE, NYSE:ABX) has been approved by the Royal Court of Jersey, Channel Islands.The $18.3 billion-deal creates "New Barrick," the world's top gold miner by value and output, with a dominant positi...Read More

A free tool can help traders bank big this earnings season.We are in middle of Earnings season, which means the time to bank some big wins is now.Tech stocks (AAPL, FB and BIDU) just released Earnings few days ago, and you need to position yourself now in order to make maximum profit from it.One company can help any investor do just that.They've developed a tool that predicts volatility based on...Read More