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
MUMBAI/BENGALURU - Demand for physical gold gathered steam during a key festival week, shrugging off a recent downtrend going into the traditional busy wedding season, while other major Asian hubs saw limited activity.India, the second biggest bullion consumer after China, celebrated the Dhanteras and Diwali festivals this week, when buying gold is considered auspicious."We were initially skeptica...Read More
MUMBAI/BENGALURU - Demand for physical gold gathered steam during a key festival week, shrugging off a recent downtrend going into the traditional busy wedding season, while other major Asian hubs saw limited activity.India, the second biggest bullion consumer after China, celebrated the Dhanteras and Diwali festivals this week, when buying gold is considered auspicious."We were initially skeptica...Read More
Could this be 9 times more valuable than Google, Facebook, and Amazon combined?It's a gadget you could conceal in the palm of your hand. A gadget that could easily pass through airport security. A gadget that could be mass produced quickly.And a gadget that holds the technology set to blow the lid off a breakthrough $15 trillion tech revolution...Of course, this gadget could stand to make a lot of...Read More
Guyana Goldfields (TSX:GUY) announced today that is has started underground development at its 100%-owned Aurora Mine, which is located in northwestern Guyana, in a territory in dispute with Venezuela.In a media statement, Guyana Goldfields said is has completed the first blast on the Mad Kiss portal and that now the contractor is working on completing and reinforcing the collar and extending the...Read More
Guyana Goldfields (TSX:GUY) announced today that is has started underground development at its 100%-owned Aurora Mine, which is located in northwestern Guyana, in a territory in dispute with Venezuela.In a media statement, Guyana Goldfields said is has completed the first blast on the Mad Kiss portal and that now the contractor is working on completing and reinforcing the collar and extending the...Read More
Rio Tinto, (NYSE:RIO) the world's No.2 miner, announced today that it delivered record results at its 2018 Argyle Pink Diamonds Tender, which included 63 rare pink, red and violet diamonds from its Argyle mine in Australia.The mine is the biggest diamond operation down under, and the source of rare and prized fancy pink gems. Argyle has been active since 1983, first as an open pit mine and then fr...Read More
One private company has been minting millionaires, and it's about to go public.Sensitive details about a potential new IPO have been "leaked" from this secure facility in Pittsburgh, PA...40 of the world's top researchers are working on a breakthrough that could be worth $15 TRILLION. So for anyone who missed out on Google, Facebook or even Alibaba - this is thebest chance to cash in right now....Read More
* U.S. crude output tripled since 2008: https://tmsnrt.rs/2D82k38* China can still import some Iranian crude* U.S. output to top 12 mln bpd by mid-2019 -EIA(Updates with settlement prices, post-settlement trading)By Jessica Resnick-AultNEW YORK, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Oil prices fell nearly 2 percent on Thursday as investors focused on swelling global crude supply, which is increasing more quickly than...Read More
* S&P extends losses, Dow goes negative after Fed decision* Energy index tumbles as U.S. crude oil enters bear market* Bank stocks end higher as yields rise* Dow up 0.04 pct, S&P falls 0.25 pct, Nasdaq down 0.53 pct(Updates to close, adds commentary)By Sin?(C)ad CarewNEW YORK, Nov 8 (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed slightly lower on Thursday after a Federal Reserve statement,...Read More
(Recasts with Fed announcement, adds comment, updates prices)* Gold edges down for a fifth straight session* Fed holds interest rates steady* Platinum near more than 4-month highsBy Sethuraman N R and Karthika Suresh NamboothiriNov 8 (Reuters) - Gold eased to a one-week low on Thursday on a stronger dollar, after the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady and was seen on track for further rate...Read More
Nov 8 (Reuters) - Below are the ratings awarded by Credit Rating Information Service of India ( CRISIL (NS:CRSL)) for local debt instruments as of November 6, 2018. COMPANYINSTRUMENTRATINGAMOUNT MOVEMENT(RS.MLN) --------------------------- --------- SHORT TERM RATINGS: ------------------- Accurate Products Corporation Pvt Ltd BGCRISIL A3+7Reaffirmed Active Tools Pvt LtdPacking CreditCRISIL A4+80R...Read More
Stocks trading under $5 per share offer several unique, but very important qualities for investors.One is that they make it easier for investors with smaller investment accounts - be it in their TFSA or RRSP - to build up a sizable position in their portfolios without having to fork out an arm and a leg for the company's shares.Another is that many institutional investors are governed by investmen...Read More
Investors and company leaders are gearing up for the Technology and Low Emission Minerals Conference (TLEM) to be held in Perth next week, with the conference boasting an impressive line-up of emerging and established Australian battery metal companies.TLEM features companies producing from or developing projects focused on lithium, graphite, vanadium, cobalt, manganese, magnesium, rare earths and...Read More
I’ve been a contrarian my entire life… Wait, you might want to scratch that and just outright say OUTCAST, which might be a better term to use… I mean, ever since I was a little kid, I kind of always knew that I was different from the majority of my peers…From my earliest memories, I remember another little kid telling me I was “too Chinese” to play baseballR...Read More
Full Article: SWOT Analysis: Election SpottingBy: Frank HolmesStrengthsThe best performing metal this week was platinum, up 4.29 percent as hedge funds cut their bearish platinum view to the lowest in seven months. Gold ended October with a gain for the first month in seven. The Bloomberg Intelligence (BI) Global Senior Gold Valuation Peer Group Index is headed for its biggest monthly increase si...Read More
Lucara Diamond Corp achieved earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) of $18.2-million for the third quarter ended September 30, compared with the Ebitda of $49.8-million reported for the quarter ended September 30, 2017.The decrease in Ebitda reflects lower revenues attributable to a smaller volume and lower average price of exceptional stones sold, with the sales f...Read More
Metswedi Mining has received the first renewal for both prospecting licence (PL) 101 (430 km2) andPL58 (2.3c) which make up the Middlepitsproject, in Botswana, Canadian diversified junior mining company Tango Mining announced last month. The property is 470 km south-west of Gaborone and 90 km south-west of Tshabong, in the country’s Kgalagadi district.Advertisement TSX-V-listed Tango is set...Read More
Amerigo MVC plant ramp-up on courseSPONSOREDamerigo resourcesThe company expects the reduced organisational structure will save about US$5 million per annum in corporate general and administrative expenses.The company, which operates the Pinto Valley copper mine in Arizona and the Cozamin mine in Mexico, said the move would also empower mine general managers and their teams to run operations as in...Read More
When you receive a paycheck, who do you pay first?If you're like most Americans, you're probably paying everyone else first-your rent/mortgage, groceries, utilities, car payment, insurance, etc. Once you're done paying all those bills, you stick whatever you have left (if anything) into savings-that's the classic "paying yourself last" scenario.And like most people, you then patiently await your n...Read More
The Detour Lake Mine in northern Ontario. Source: Detour Gold Corp.Detour Gold Corp. [DGC-TSX] dissident shareholder Paulson & Co. Inc. on Friday November 9 released a list of questions it believes the company should address in the circular it files for the upcoming special meeting of shareholders on December 11, 2018. Today is the record date for the meeting.The questions are intended to ensu...Read More