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

Late Saturday the American Caesar emerged in triumph, his head wreathed in laurel, his frame draped in the imperial purple.He had come, he had seen... and he had conquered.After talks with China's Xi Jinping in Buenos Aires, Trump claimed China would be "opening up" to American wares and "getting rid of tariffs."The Washington Post lists the terms of victory:In return for shelving a major escalati...Read More

"I will not be the one to break the peace we have made here today."With those words, the Godfather, Don Corleone, played by Marlon Brando, ended the war among the five mafia families in New York. This peace was hammered out at a dinner among the heads of the five families.This weekend the eyes of the world were on Buenos Aires, where President Trump, China's President Xi Jinping and some top aides...Read More

If you remember, in 2011, Berkshire Hathaway invested $5 billion in preferred shares of Bank of America, which was struggling at the time with numerous legal issues in the wake of the subprime mortgage crisis.He's done it again.It was revealed that Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway invested billions of dollars in bank stocks during the third quarter, including a $4 billion position in JPMorgan C...Read More

The first, and most obvious, is that China's appetite appears to have largely been satisfied with the country's economy slowly switching from heavy manufacturing to an increased focus on servi...Read More

Infill drilling in the southwestern part of the Marathon gold deposit in Newfoundland continues to return high-grade gold intercepts, Marathon Gold (TSX: MOZ) reports.The company recently completed its 41,000-metre stepout and infill drill program for 2018, and assays include 5.36 grams gold over 11 metres from 26 metres below surface in hole 18-330; 3.63 grams gold over 10 metres from 134 metre...Read More

A Greek court has acquitted 21 people accused of raiding prospective gold mining facilities in the north of the country, which many local residents strongly oppose on environmental groundsRead full newsRead More

Investing.com - Gold prices rose on Monday in Asia while the dollar dropped after news that the U.S. and China agreed to put any new tariffs on hold for 90 days.Gold futures for February delivery on the?EUR?Comex?EUR?division of the New York Mercantile?EUR?Exchange traded 0.25% higher at?EUR?$1,229.10?EUR?a troy ounce by?EUR?10:24 PM ET (03:24 GMT).?EUR?The precious metal has gained momentum since...Read More

BRIEF-Kirkland Lake Gold Increases Fosterville Mine's 2018 Produ:BRIEF-Kirkland Lake Gold Increases Fosterville Mine's 2018 Production Outlook To Over 330,000 OuncesRead full newsRead More

A Greek court has acquitted 21 people accused of raiding prospective gold mining facilities in the north of the country, which many local residents strongly oppose on environmental groundsRead full newsRead More

It is still premature for gold traders to start buying. That's the judgment of many contrarian analysts, who note that gold market sentiment is not yet favorable. This is the same opinion they had six weeks ago, the last time I focused a column on gold market sentiment. Gold GCG9, -0.15% today, of course, is trading slightly lower than where it stood then. Consider the average recommended gold...Read More

Could this biotech bet bank you 1,700% profit?Contributed by Raging BullBig pharma isn't what it use to be and investors are wondering what the future holds for the Goliaths of the industry.Kyle Dennis, one of the most well known up and coming traders, saw this shift happening when others didn't. Years ago, he began to place a heavy emphasis on small-cap biotech stocks he saw enormous upside for a...Read More

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Attention is fixed on Buenos Aires as Group of 20 leaders meet in Argentina and developments there in the coming hours will shape commodity trading over the next week. Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have a dinner date on Saturday to see if they can avert an escalation of the U.S.-China trade war. Also on the sidelines, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman are like...Read More

Mineral sands miner Iluka Resources resumed operations at its Sierra Leone project, Sierra Rutile, on Friday, after workers ended a strike that had stalled work for the last eight days, a senior union official told Reuters.The strike was the second in the past month to hit Sierra Rutile, one of Sierra Leone's largest companies, following a week-long stoppage in October that led Iluka to cut its ou...Read More

Chile's state copper miner Codelco said on Saturday it had reached agreement on a new collective labor contract with the union of workers at its Ministro Hales mine in northern Chile.The 36-month contract, which includes a signing bonus of 7 million pesos ($10,423) and a boost to salaries of 1.2 percent, was approved by 53 percent of the union, Codelco said in a statement.Ministro Hales produced a...Read More

Former workers associated with the National Union of Mine, Metal, Steel and Allied Workers of the Mexican Republic, known as Los Mineros Union, gave the new president Andr?(C)s Manuel L??pez Obrador 15 days following his inauguration to address a conflict with Grupo Mexico that started in the late 2000s.According to local media, following a request made by the new Interior Minister Olga S??nchez C...Read More

Former workers associated with the National Union of Mine, Metal, Steel and Allied Workers of the Mexican Republic, known as Los Mineros Union, gave the new president Andr?(C)s Manuel L??pez Obrador 15 days following his inauguration to address a conflict with Grupo Mexico that started in the late 2000s.According to local media, following a request made by the new Interior Minister Olga S??nchez C...Read More

Former workers associated with the National Union of Mine, Metal, Steel and Allied Workers of the Mexican Republic, known as Los Mineros Union, gave the new president Andr?(C)s Manuel L??pez Obrador 15 days following his inauguration to address a conflict with Grupo Mexico that started in the late 2000s.According to local media, following a request made by the new Interior Minister Olga S??nchez C...Read More

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NEW DELHI, Dec 1 (Reuters) - India has approved the acquisition of defence equipment worth about 30 billion rupees ($431 million), the government said in a statement on Saturday.The Defence Acquisition Council approved the procurement of supersonic cruise missile BrahMos for two Indian navy ships, which it said will form the primary weapon on-board the ships.The government also approved procuremen...Read More