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

SHANGHAI - State-owned metals and mineral trading firm China Minmetals signed a 20 million tonne iron ore purchase agreement with Brazilian mining giant Vale on Tuesday.The agreement was signed during a ceremony at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai.China is the world's biggest consumer of the steelmaking ingredient.Minmetals also signed a 2,400 tonne nickel briquette purchase agreeme...Read More

Puts have been popular for all three namesMorgan Stanley just doled out price-target hikes to auto parts stocks AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE:AZO), O'Reilly Automotive Inc (NASDAQ:ORLY), and Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (NYSE:AAP). The analyst in coverage sees the shares of AZO, ORLY, and AAPoutperforming in the next year, with tariff-related issues and e-commerce risks "at bay" for now. Morgan Stanley Sets...Read More

The stocks are moving in opposite directions todayAmicus Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:FOLD) and Mylan N.V. (NASDAQ:MYL) both reported third-quarter earnings yesterday evening, and analysts are reacting to the numbers. Below is a brief breakdown of this morning's trading action around shares of FOLD and MYL. FOLD Stock Down After Earnings Starting with Amicus, investors are picking through the numbe...Read More

NEW YORK - Gold-backed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) registered increased inflows to both North American and European funds during October, as tumultuous equity markets triggered flight-to-quality buying, the World Gold Council said on Tuesday.North American funds had inflows of $561 million while European funds posted inflows of $678 million last month, according to figures provided by the Council...Read More

LONDON - European automakers BMW and Volvo plan to experiment with steel contracts to be launched by the London Metal Exchange early next year, a move which could eventually change the way the industry hedges and prices contracts, industry sources said.The LME is launching three hot rolled coil (HRC) steel futures covering Europe, North America and China early next year, and industry sources told...Read More

ELF reported a Q3 profit beat and raised the low end of its full-year earnings forecastThe shares of e.l.f. Beauty Inc (NYSE:ELF) are up 18.8% this morning to trade at $13.19 -- on track for their best day ever -- after the discount cosmetics retailer reported adjusted third-quarter profit of 17 cents per share on $64 million in revenue, more than analysts were expecting. The company also raised t...Read More

ULTA has added 28% since the start of the yearUlta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:ULTA) is higher in early trading, with the shares last seen up 0.7% at $287.03. Boosting the stock is a positive earnings reaction for e.l.f. Beauty (ELF), and a price-target hike from J.P. Morgan Securities to $337 from $282 -- an 18.1% premium to last night's close. This is the second bull note the beauty name has received thi...Read More

Tahoe Resources Inc posted a quarterly loss on Tuesday that was less then Wall Street expected although it widened from a year earlier, while the gold and silver miner predicted that its production for the year would be at the low end of guidance.Tahoe's Escobal silver mine in Guatemala, the world's second largest, has been effectively mothballed since last year after officials suspended the miner...Read More

LONDON - Randgold Resources said on Tuesday it would mediate in a tax dispute between Tanzania and Acacia Mining, a firm in which Randgold investors will have a stake if its planned merger with Barrick Gold is approved by shareholders.Randgold Chief Executive Mark Bristow, who will lead the group after the Barrick tie-up, also told Reuters that Barrick could dispose of its Zambian copper mine afte...Read More

U.S and China continue to sound upbeat about trade talksFutures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI), S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) are cautiously lower today, as investors prepare for Election Day across the country. The midterm elections could have a big impact on markets, as voters decide on the balance of power in Congress. Elsewhere, trade relations between the U.S. a...Read More

The US Supreme Court seems inclined to support a Virginia law that bans mining at the nation's largest known uranium deposit due to public health and economic reasons, as it begins to hear a challenge to the prohibition brought forward by the owners of the property, with support from the Trump administration.On Monday, the justices considered whether Virginia's moratorium on uranium mining clashes...Read More

This week's under-the-radar Fed meeting could give the bullish case a boostSchaeffer's own Andrea Kramer stopped by CNBC's Squawk Box this morning, where the discussion was focused on today's midterm elections and the potential impact on equity markets. Andrea called out the key VIX levels to watch that could signal the market's next big directional move, and explained why history favors the bulls...Read 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

Fund flows indicate investors rushed to buy the dip on small-caps in OctoberThe historically unpleasant month of October is over for investors, having left in its wake quite a few freshly broken levels of former technical support for the major equity benchmarks. And in surveying the damage, perhaps no moving average was treated with greater disrespect than the 200-day trendline on the iShares Russ...Read More

Surge Exploration (TSX?EUR?V: SUR) announced today that it will acquire up to 100% of the Atacama Cobalto Exploration Property near Copiap??, northern Chile.Surge said that in order to complete the transaction, it will sign a formal agreement with Compa???-a Minera del Pac?-fico S.A. or CAP Mineria before the end of the month.The 1,059-hectares Atacama Cobalto Project is located in the Atacama Pro...Read More

Surge Exploration (TSX?EUR?V: SUR) announced today that it will acquire up to 100% of the Atacama Cobalto Exploration Property near Copiap??, northern Chile.Surge said that in order to complete the transaction, it will sign a formal agreement with Compa???-a Minera del Pac?-fico S.A. or CAP Mineria before the end of the month.The 1,059-hectares Atacama Cobalto Project is located in the Atacama Pro...Read More

Canada's Diamcor Mining (TSX-V.DMI), announced today that following its previous release on the initial tender of 2,606.50 carats of rough diamonds recovered from resumed processing exercises at the company's Krone-Endora at Venetia Project in South Africa, it delivered an additional 5,335.83 carats of rough diamonds before the end of October. The tender for the rocks will be completed in November...Read More

Canada's Diamcor Mining (TSX-V.DMI), announced today that following its previous release on the initial tender of 2,606.50 carats of rough diamonds recovered from resumed processing exercises at the company's Krone-Endora at Venetia Project in South Africa, it delivered an additional 5,335.83 carats of rough diamonds before the end of October. The tender for the rocks will be completed in November...Read More

Glencore's subsidiary in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Katanga Mining (TSX:KAT), will temporarily halt cobalt exports from its Kamoto Project after finding high levels of uranium in the ore.The copper and cobalt producer said levels of the radioactive metal exceeded the acceptable limit allowed for export through major African ports.The suspension is expected to defer Katanga's revenue from co...Read More

* U.S. re-imposes sanctions on Iran's oil, banking sectors* Washington grants oil waivers to eight countries* Top Iranian oil buyers temporarily exempted* Oil prices turn negative after earlier gains* Trump says does not want a spike in oil prices (Updates with Trump comments, analyst quote)By Humeyra Pamuk and Timothy GardnerWASHINGTON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The United States snapped sanctions back i...Read More