The precious metals all soared in 2025, and while a continued monetary expansion and geopolitical risk could still drive gains especially for gold in 2026, a pullback in silver, platinum and palladium is possible after recent partly speculative surges.Read More

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

"The most important trade of the past decade is now reversing," shrieks Charlie McElligott, head of Nomura's cross-asset strategy.As we revealed earlier this week, the "FAANG" stocks - Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Alphabet (Google's parent company) - have hemorrhaged a combined $952 billion since their recent peaks.$952 billion of artificial wealth, that is, swept away to the Land of Wind and...Read More

Publisher's Note: We're fortunate enough to have access to the legendary Mr. James Dines and his renowned research. Mr. Dines is "The Original Gold Bug" and has been on the forefront of covering investing in China, giving him an unprecedented depth of perspective on the escalating trade war. Here is an excerpt from The Dines Letter.To your wealth,Nick HodgePublisher, Outsider ClubIn War: Reso...Read More

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As of 7 am Friday morning, Black Friday online sales had already surpassed the $645 million mark as millions of Americans had yet to regain consciousness after falling asleep Thursday night in a turkey-and-stuffing induced haze.Read full newsRead More

The global iron ore market will remain well supplied up until 2027, thanks to expanding output in Brazil and India, and to a slowdown in steel production in China, forecasts one Fitch Solutions Global Iron Ore Supply and Demand Outlook report, published this week.And in another report on the Iron Ore Mining Outlook, Fitch predicts global iron ore production will grow due to mine expansions in Braz...Read More

The global iron ore market will remain well supplied up until 2027, thanks to expanding output in Brazil and India, and to a slowdown in steel production in China, forecasts one Fitch Solutions Global Iron Ore Supply and Demand Outlook report, published this week.And in another report on the Iron Ore Mining Outlook, Fitch predicts global iron ore production will grow due to mine expansions in Braz...Read More

Red Pine Exploration Inc (TSXV:RPX) ("Red Pine" or the "Company") announces a non-brokered private placement of a combination of non-flow-through units ("Units") and flow-through shares ("FT Shares" and together with the Units, the "Offered Securities") for gross process of up to $1,000,000 (the "Offering") in such relative amounts as determined by the Company.Read full newsRead More

Oil prices plummeted ahead of a key OPEC meetingThe Dow fell over 170 points on this shortened trading day, despite signs of strong Thanksgiving and Black Friday sales. It was another rough day for tech and FAANG stocks, and energy stocks suffered as oil prices plunged. Crude futures touched new annual lows, amid concerns about oversupply ahead of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countr...Read More

Aecon Group Inc. (TSX: ARE) announced today the closing of the definitive asset purchase agreement to sell substantially all of the assets related to Aecon's contract mining business to North American Construction Group Inc. ("NACG") (TSX: NOA/NYSE: NOA) for C$199.1 million in cash, subject to customary closing adjustments.The closing is effective November 23, 2018.Read More

Aecon Group Inc. (TSX: ARE) announced today the closing of the definitive asset purchase agreement to sell substantially all of the assets related to Aecon's contract mining business to North American Construction Group Inc. ("NACG") (TSX: NOA/NYSE: NOA) for C$199.1 million in cash, subject to customary closing adjustments.The closing is effective November 23, 2018.Read More

Gold futures eased in Friday's shortened session, pulling back from Wednesday's, pre-Thanksgiving two-week high. Still, the loss was slim enough to leave the precious metal just in the green for the week. Market focus remained fixated on Federal Reserve interest-rate plans over coming months, the dollar's response to said rate moves, and what looming China-U.S. trade discussions could indicate for...Read More

Gold futures eased in Friday's shortened session, pulling back from Wednesday's, pre-Thanksgiving two-week high. Still, the loss was slim enough to leave the precious metal just in the green for the week. Market focus remained fixated on Federal Reserve interest-rate plans over coming months, the dollar's response to said rate moves, and what looming China-U.S. trade discussions could indicate for...Read More

The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration has awarded South American Silver $18.7 million for amounts invested and another $9 million in interest for its Malku Khota concession, which the Bolivian government revoked in 2012.The company, now owned by TriMetals Mining (TSX: TMI; US-OTC: TMIAF) had sought compensation for damages in the amount of $385.7 million, which included $307.2 million f...Read More

The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration has awarded South American Silver $18.7 million for amounts invested and another $9 million in interest for its Malku Khota concession, which the Bolivian government revoked in 2012.The company, now owned by TriMetals Mining (TSX: TMI; US-OTC: TMIAF) had sought compensation for damages in the amount of $385.7 million, which included $307.2 million f...Read More

Barrick Gold's incoming chief executive said he wants to pull together Tanzania's mining industry to tackle a "desperate" tax dispute that has snared several companies, including the firm's Acacia Mining unit.In an increasingly acrimonious conflict that has lasted almost two years, the government has torn up mining contracts, hiked taxes and royalties, and banned raw minerals exports. Randgold fou...Read More

Barrick Gold's incoming chief executive said he wants to pull together Tanzania's mining industry to tackle a "desperate" tax dispute that has snared several companies, including the firm's Acacia Mining unit.In an increasingly acrimonious conflict that has lasted almost two years, the government has torn up mining contracts, hiked taxes and royalties, and banned raw minerals exports. Randgold fou...Read More

Apple shares are headed toward their worst weekly rout in yearsIt was a dismal Thanksgiving week on Wall Street, as continued weakness in the tech sector took a toll. A disappointing batch of retail earnings ahead of Black Fridayand a continued rout in oil prices only added to the bearish buzz, and despite a brief respite in the selling pressure on Wednesday, all three major benchmarks are headed...Read More

Oil prices have fallen to a more than 12-month lowStocks are looking getting crushed once more today, thanks again to a tech sell-off, but also because of plummeting oil prices, which earlier fell to a more than 12-month low. Among individual oil names making moves lower are Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB), Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO), and Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL). Here's a quick lo...Read More

everything in its power to change that. And after threatening the future of one Chinese telecoms supplier (ZTE), the US has been pushing its allies around the world to stop using equipment from another mainland firm with an even larger global reach: Chinese consumer tech and telecoms giant Huawei.Read full newsRead 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