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 British bank initiated coverage on Goldcorp, Kinross Gold, Newmont Mining and Yamana GoldRead full newsRead More

The car stock is fresh off its best week in seven monthsAuto giant Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) has seenheavy options trading in recent weeks, landing on Schaeffer's Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky White's list of 20 S&P 500 Index (SPX) stocks that saw the most options activity in the past 10 days. Names highlighted yellow are new to the list. Today, Ford stock is up 4% to trade at $9.35, thank...Read More

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best informationA decision by the Chinese government to slash production of rare earth elements (REEs) has spooked customers of the materials used in everything from cell phones to electric vehicles to smart bombs. And for those who follow the rare earths market, it's like deja vu back to 2009, when China suddenly reduced it...Read More

Shares in Horizonte Minerals saw their biggest one-day drop in over two years on Monday after the company said the nickel mine it plans to build will be less profitable than previous estimated.London-listed shares in the nickel development company closed 9.7 percent at 3.3 pence, its biggest one-day fall since June 2016. The stock is also listed in Toronto.The feasibility study on Monday showed th...Read More

U.S. cannabis producer Curaleaf Holdings Inc. started trading on the Canadian Securities Exchange Monday with a nearly $6-billion valuation, after completing a reverse takeover of Canada's Lead Ventures Inc. last week.Read full newsRead More

BEIJING, Oct 29 - Jiangxi Copper Co, one of China's leading copper producers, lifted third-quarter net profit by 2.3 percent year on year to its highest since 2014 as bumper treatment charges offset falling copper prices.The Nanchang-based company, which is still without a general manager after the departure of Wu Yuneng in July, earned net income of 767.3 million yuan ($110.31 million) in the thr...Read More

BEIJING, Oct 29 - Jiangxi Copper Co, one of China's leading copper producers, lifted third-quarter net profit by 2.3 percent year on year to its highest since 2014 as bumper treatment charges offset falling copper prices.The Nanchang-based company, which is still without a general manager after the departure of Wu Yuneng in July, earned net income of 767.3 million yuan ($110.31 million) in the thr...Read More

Booming FAANG stocks are lifting the S&P and NasdaqThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is kicking off the new week with a bang, up more than 250 points at midday. Auto stocks in particular are booming today, thanks to a Bloomberg report that China is considering a significant cut in an auto tax. A big M&A announcement in the tech sector is stoking the bullish flames, too. As such, the S&P 50...Read More

HARARE, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe Lithium Company (ZLC) expects to complete a pilot plant and start production of lithium concentrates in the second quarter of 2019 after a legal dispute delayed work on the project, its chief executive said on Monday. ZLC expects to produce its first concentrates of 4,000 tonnes per month in the second quarter of next year.John McTaggart said ZLC was in discussi...Read More

Historically low stocks, a yawning supply deficit and a depleted pipeline of future mine growth. Lead has all the hallmarks of a classic bull commodity story. Yet the unglamorous metal has been the worst performer this year among the core base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange (LME).LME three-month lead is currently trading around the $2,000 per tonne level, down almost 23 percent since t...Read More

This company could give savvy investors a "backdoor" to cash in on the $50 billion marijuana boom.Any investor interested in the opportunities in the marijuana industry need to get involved as soon as possible.Financial experts from all over the world agree: a marijuana boom is coming. To the tune of an estimated $50 billion.Anda little-known Canadian company might have just unlocked the key to pr...Read More

FB stock has a history of negative earnings reactionsFAANG earnings will wrap up this week when Apple (AAPL) unveils its quarterly results after the close on Thursday, Nov. 1. Ahead of this are earnings from Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB), with the social media giant set to report its third-quarter numbers after the close tomorrow, Oct. 30. FB stock was last seen trading up 1.2% at $147.06, and option...Read More

A look at the best stocks to own in November, historicallyIt's been a rough October for the stock market, with the S&P 500 on pace for its worst month since May 2010. However, if recent history is any indicator, a pair of construction & materials stocks could be on the verge of a big November rebound: Vulcan Materials Company (NYSE:VMC) and A. O. Smith Corp (NYSE:AOS). Below we take a closer look...Read More

LONDON, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Mining companies must forge new ties with partners from customers to governments as they pursue innovation and compete for talent with technology giants, Rio Tinto's chief executive said in a speech to be delivered on Tuesday.The mining industry has recovered from the deep commodity crash of 2015-16, but faces headwinds from U.S.-China trade tensions, which have dented t...Read More

LONDON, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Mining companies must forge new ties with partners from customers to governments as they pursue innovation and compete for talent with technology giants, Rio Tinto's chief executive said in a speech to be delivered on Tuesday.The mining industry has recovered from the deep commodity crash of 2015-16, but faces headwinds from U.S.-China trade tensions, which have dented t...Read More

LONDON, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Mining companies must forge new ties with partners from customers to governments as they pursue innovation and compete for talent with technology giants, Rio Tinto's chief executive said in a speech to be delivered on Tuesday.The mining industry has recovered from the deep commodity crash of 2015-16, but faces headwinds from U.S.-China trade tensions, which have dented t...Read More

Rio Tinto Group, the world's second-biggest miner, said a pact to offload its stake in the $20 billion Simandou iron ore project in Guinea to its Chinese partner, Aluminum Corp. of China, has lapsed. Rio holds about 45% of the project, while Chinalco has about 40 percent and Guinea's government owns a 15 percent stakeThe parties had struck a non-binding agreement two years ago, when Rio said it c...Read More

Zimbabwean gold producers may suspend operations because a foreign-exchange shortage has left them with insufficient funds to cover production costs, the main industry lobby group said.Curbing output would deprive the country of a key source of export earnings as Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube tries to stabilize an economy wrecked by the misrule of former leader Robert Mugabe. Producers are only al...Read More

Goldcorp (TSX:G) (NYSE:GG) received Monday C$5 million (about $3.8m) from the Canadian government for its Borden gold project, as part of the country's efforts to boost innovation in cleaner, more sustainable mining practices.Located near Chapleau, Ontario, about 160 km west of the company's Porcupine mine, Borden will be Canada's first fully-electric operation. By replacing all diesel mobile eq...Read More

Goldcorp (TSX:G) (NYSE:GG) received Monday C$5 million (about $3.8m) from the Canadian government for its Borden gold project, as part of the country's efforts to boost innovation in cleaner, more sustainable mining practices.Located near Chapleau, Ontario, about 160 km west of the company's Porcupine mine, Borden will be Canada's first fully-electric operation. By replacing all diesel mobile eq...Read More