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

Not even gold's second straight quarterly decline was enough to shake billionaire hedge-fund manager Ray Dalio's confidence in gold.Dalio recommends gold as hedge against rising political risk.Dalio's Bridgewater Associates maintained its holdings in SPDR Gold Shares, the largest bullion-backed ETF, at 3.9 million shares, and its stake in iShares Gold Trust, the second-largest, at 11.3 million sha...Read More

Both retailers raised their full-year forecasts ahead of the holiday seasonMacy's Inc (NYSE:M) reported stronger-than-expected adjusted third-quarter earnings of 27 cents per share on in-line revenue of $5.4 billion. Macy's also said same-store sales grew at a faster-than-anticipated 3.3%, and the department store chain boosted its full-year profit forecast ahead of the holiday season.In reaction,...Read More

LONDON - Disruptions to cobalt supplies in the Democratic Republic of Congo are not expected to eradicate a glut of the material used to make batteries for electric vehicles, thwarting hopes that prices can be boosted from their lowest since March last year.Glencore last week said its subsidiary Katanga Mining had halted cobalt exports from the Kamoto Project in DRC while it builds a facility to r...Read More

Are greater risks stacking up for investors in 2019? In Europe, where Italy is locking horns with the EU and a Brexit deal hangs in the balance, mega-economy Germany has just produced the worst growth in nearly six years. Even if Wall Street can successfully shake off noise from the Old Country, a fresh threat from falling oil prices, along with worries over trade and a Fed misstep may cast long...Read More

Vancouver, BC - Select Sands Corp. (TSX-V:SNS | OTCQX: SLSDF) (the "Company") today announced operational and financial results for Q3 2018 and the filing of its financial statements and associated management's discussion and analysis on www.sedar.com. The Company's financial statements are presented in U.S. dollars to better reflect Select Sands' operations and to improve investors' abil...Read More

Shares of Tilray and Canopy Growth are in the red after earningsWall Street today is reacting to quarterly results from Canadian marijuana firms Tilray Inc (NASDAQ:TLRY) and Canopy Growth Corp (NYSE:CGC). Both stocks are set for sharp declines at the open, after the companies each posted larger-than-expected losses for the third quarter. Also in focus is cannabinoid therapeutics expert GW Pharmace...Read More

Oil futures are on track to snap their 12-day skidFutures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) are pointing to a strong open, vaulting higher after the consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.3% in October, on par with analyst expectations. The core CPI rose at an annual rate of 2.1%, compared to last month's 2.2% growth. Even plummeting oil pricesappear ready to rebound. At last check, December-d...Read More

Shares in Canada's Stornoway Diamond Corp. (TSX:SWY) plummeted Wednesday after the miner reported a net loss of $37.6 million for the three months ended Sept. 30 and announced that chief executive officer Matt Manson will leave at the end of the year.Mason will be replaced by chief operating officer Patrick Godin, who joined Stornoway in 2010 and was appointed to the board of directors in 2011....Read More

Shares in Canada's Stornoway Diamond Corp. (TSX:SWY) plummeted Wednesday after the miner reported a net loss of $37.6 million for the three months ended Sept. 30 and announced that chief executive officer Matt Manson will leave at the end of the year.Mason will be replaced by chief operating officer Patrick Godin, who joined Stornoway in 2010 and was appointed to the board of directors in 2011....Read More

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The head of the International Monetary Fund believes it's time for global central banks to explore the idea of a state-backed digital currency. "I believe we should consider the possibility to issue digital currency. There may be a role for the state to supply money to the digital economy," said Christine Lagarde in prepared remarks for delivery Wednesday local time at the Singapore Fintech Festi...Read More

Vancouver-based Xiana Mining (TSXV: XIA), formerly Dorato Resources, paid $25 million and a 1.5% net smelter royalty to acquire Glencore's (LON:GLEN) Minera Altos De Punitaqui in Chile.Minera Altos De Punitaqui (MAP) is a copper-gold producing company that currently holds three operating mines, additional exploration licenses, a concentrator, and associated infrastructure. All these elements are c...Read More

Vancouver-based Xiana Mining (TSXV: XIA), formerly Dorato Resources, paid $25 million and a 1.5% net smelter royalty to acquire Glencore's (LON:GLEN) Minera Altos De Punitaqui in Chile.Minera Altos De Punitaqui (MAP) is a copper-gold producing company that currently holds three operating mines, additional exploration licenses, a concentrator, and associated infrastructure. All these elements are c...Read More

Vancouver-based Xiana Mining (TSXV: XIA), formerly Dorato Resources, paid $25 million and a 1.5% net smelter royalty to acquire Glencore's (LON:GLEN) Minera Altos De Punitaqui in Chile.Minera Altos De Punitaqui (MAP) is a copper-gold producing company that currently holds three operating mines, additional exploration licenses, a concentrator, and associated infrastructure. All these elements are c...Read More

Shares in Canadian miner Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN) climbed Wednesday as it announced that exploration drilling at its Kamoa North prospect area, which forms part of the Kamoa-Kakula mining licence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), had defined two new, continuous corridors of shallow and high-grade copper mineralization.The newly delineated copper corridors occur on the western flank of the...Read More

Shares in Canadian miner Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN) climbed Wednesday as it announced that exploration drilling at its Kamoa North prospect area, which forms part of the Kamoa-Kakula mining licence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), had defined two new, continuous corridors of shallow and high-grade copper mineralization.The newly delineated copper corridors occur on the western flank of the...Read More

Canada's IAMGOLD (TSX: IMG) has triggered force majeure to suspend operations at its Rosebel Gold Mine in Suriname because some unionized employees have started a work stoppage.In a press release, the miner said the strike is a breach of the Collective Labour Agreement that prescribes a number of procedures in the event of a dispute between Rosebel and Rosebell Werknemers Organisatie. The company...Read More

Canada's IAMGOLD (TSX: IMG) has triggered force majeure to suspend operations at its Rosebel Gold Mine in Suriname because some unionized employees have started a work stoppage.In a press release, the miner said the strike is a breach of the Collective Labour Agreement that prescribes a number of procedures in the event of a dispute between Rosebel and Rosebell Werknemers Organisatie. The company...Read More

This free e-book offers options basics for any trader.It's essential for every trader to occasionally take a step back, and consider their long-term trading goals.Some traders aretrying to fund a child's college education, augment their own retirement, or leave the daily 9-to-5 grind once and for all, while others are seeking a way to smooth out crazy market volatility and whipsaw swings in their...Read More

Canada's Pan American Silver (TSX:PAA) (NASDAQ:PAAS) is buying precious metal miner Tahoe Resources (TSX:THO) (NYSE:TAHO) for $1.07 billion in cash and stock, creating one of the world's largest silver producers.Pan American, already the world's second-largest primary silver miner, will effectively double its silver reserves with the acquisition, as Reno, Nevada-based Tahoe Resources owns a maj...Read More