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

NUNAVUT - Ottawa-based Aura Resources has issued an update of the work done at the Greyhound gold property, a partnership of Aura and Agnico Eagle Mining (the operator and holder of an optioned 70% interest). The project is located 40 km north of Baker Lake, and 32 km south of Agnico's Meadowbank gold mine.Agnico has completed surface mapping, induced polarization surveys, geochemical sampling, an...Read More

In August, Semafo (TSX: SMF) started flying expatriate employees by helicopter from its Boungou and Mana mines in Burkina Faso to the capital city of Ouagadougou.The Toronto-based company also heightened and reinforced escorts for the transportation of its national employees between the mines and their villages.At Boungou, the government deployed a ground military force on the route between the mi...Read More

Gold futures on Monday climbed to their highest finish in a month, as a cease-fire in the trade skirmish between the U.S. and China weakened the dollar, which has been the de facto haven amid tariff conflagrations between the world's largest economies. "We remain committed to the idea that both gold and silver are physical commodity markets in need of a lifting of global economic headwinds from t...Read More

Porsche's first all-electric vehicle, the Taycan, is already proving to be in higher demand than the automaker anticipated. The German automaker says that they are going to increase the plann...Read full newsRead More

China's Tianqi purchased on Monday a 23.77 percent stake in Chile lithium p...Read full newsRead More

The shares are trading up more than 50% this afternoonOptions traders are making a beeline toward Global Blood Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:GBT), after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) agreed to the company's proposal for an accelerated approval pathway for its sickle cell disease (SCD) treatment, voxelotor. The San Francisco-based firm said it would give more details for its plan to submit a Ne...Read More

The shares are bumping up against a critical trendlineThe shares of Overstock.com Inc (NASDAQ:OSTK) rallied 23.3% on Nov. 23 -- their best day of 2018 -- amid reports the company plans to focus only on blockchain. The following session, however, the security suffered its worst day in three years, before going on a four-day winning streak. Now, the volatile shares of OSTK could be flashing a sell s...Read More

Report: Scheme could have 'catastrophic consequences' on APHA share priceU.S. stocks are comfortably higher, as traders cheer a cease-fire on the U.S.-China trade war. Among the stocks reacting to the truce is farm equipment concern Deere & Company (NYSE:DE), which is higher on plans for China to buy U.S. agricultural products. Meanwhile, two weed stocks are making huge moves in opposite direction...Read More

Both names are higher after the U.S. and China agreed to a trade truceEasing trade tensions between the U.S. and China are boosting global markets today, with the Dow up triple digits at last check. And with Morgan Stanley raising its base case for Chinese stocks after the "better-than-expected" outcome of the G-20 summit, e-commerce concerns Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) and JD.com, Inc....Read More

DRA Global ("DRA") recently implemented a state of the art Advanced Milling Control System,using the MillSlicer instrument, on the Asanko Gold Mine. The Asanko Gold Mine is a large scale, multi-pit asset located on the Asankrangwa belt in Ghana, West Africa. Built in 2015 by DRA Global, ahead of schedule and within budget, first gold was poured in January 2016 and commercial production commenced i...Read More

Assays from holes drilled into the southwestern part of the Marathon deposit intersected intervals of high-grade gold over wide intervals at open-pit depths, Marathon Gold Corp. (TSX: MOZ) reports.Highlights include 17.39 grams gold over 5 metres from 213 metres downhole including 1.9 metres of 42.76 grams gold in drill hole MA-18-343, and 19.63 grams gold over 2.3 metres from 67 metres downhole,...Read More

Assays from holes drilled into the southwestern part of the Marathon deposit intersected intervals of high-grade gold over wide intervals at open-pit depths, Marathon Gold Corp. (TSX: MOZ) reports.Highlights include 17.39 grams gold over 5 metres from 213 metres downhole including 1.9 metres of 42.76 grams gold in drill hole MA-18-343, and 19.63 grams gold over 2.3 metres from 67 metres downhole,...Read More

Assays from holes drilled into the southwestern part of the Marathon deposit intersected intervals of high-grade gold over wide intervals at open-pit depths, Marathon Gold Corp. (TSX: MOZ) reports.Highlights include 17.39 grams gold over 5 metres from 213 metres downhole including 1.9 metres of 42.76 grams gold in drill hole MA-18-343, and 19.63 grams gold over 2.3 metres from 67 metres downhole,...Read More

The VIX is heading toward its lowest close in almost four weeksThe stock market is starting December off strong, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) up 441 points at its intraday peak. The Dow has since pared these gains, but is still enjoying a triple-digit lead thanks to a trade truce between the U.S. and China. The S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) are boasting large gains...Read More

Macau's increased gambling revenue is also bolstering WYNNShares of Wynn Resorts, Limited (NASDAQ:WYNN) are up 9.3% this morning, to trade at $119.89, on news of the G-20 summit's temporary U.S.-China trade truce, as well as the recent spike in gambling revenue in the Chinese territory of Macau, where several of the company's operations are located. Specifically, Macau revenue jumped 8.5% in Nov...Read More

From riding high on cobalt's boom, Glencore Plc traders are feeling the heat as falling prices and reneged contracts put a dent in profit.The world's largest commodities merchant on Monday downgraded its full-year earnings target for the trading division to $2.6 billion to $2.8 billion, down from an earlier estimate of $2.7 billion to $3.2 billion.Some cobalt buyers in China reneged on contracts a...Read More

Glencore Plc is updating investors Monday as the world's biggest commodities trader nears the end of a tough year. The company's faced challenges spanning the Democratic Republic of Congo to Russia and a U.S. Department of Justice probe that have weighed on its shares. There comes a time where the younger generation needs to take over - Ivan Glasenburg.Here are the latest developments, to be upda...Read More

BEIJING - Premiums for imports of copper into China, the world's biggest copper consumer, sank to an 18-month low on Monday in a sign that demand for physical metal is waning after a buying spree.The premiums, paid on top of benchmark three-month London Metal Exchange (LME) prices, fell 10.7 percent from Friday's levels to $62.50 a tonne, the lowest since June 2017. China imposing a 25% tariff on...Read More

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc (ISS) has advised shareholders to vote for Detour Gold Corp's refreshed board of directors at an upcoming special shareholders' meeting, stopping short of more aggressive changes demanded by activist investor Paulson & Co, the company said on Monday.Detour's existing management has been resisting Paulson's call for a complete overall of the board and immediat...Read More

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc (ISS) has advised shareholders to vote for Detour Gold Corp's refreshed board of directors at an upcoming special shareholders' meeting, stopping short of more aggressive changes demanded by activist investor Paulson & Co, the company said on Monday.Detour's existing management has been resisting Paulson's call for a complete overall of the board and immediat...Read More