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

Namibia has scrapped a requirement for companies seeking mining exploration licences to be partly owned and managed by black Namibians, the country's mining industry group said on Friday.The policy was introduced in 2015 to increase the participation of historically disadvantaged black Namibians in some of the country's most lucrative business projects, but critics said it threatened the d...Read More

Namibia has scrapped a requirement for companies seeking mining exploration licences to be partly owned and managed by black Namibians, the country's mining industry group said on Friday.The policy was introduced in 2015 to increase the participation of historically disadvantaged black Namibians in some of the country's most lucrative business projects, but critics said it threatened the d...Read More

Namibia has scrapped a requirement for companies seeking mining exploration licences to be partly owned and managed by black Namibians, the country's mining industry group said on Friday.The policy was introduced in 2015 to increase the participation of historically disadvantaged black Namibians in some of the country's most lucrative business projects, but critics said it threatened the d...Read More

Namibia has scrapped a requirement for companies seeking mining exploration licences to be partly owned and managed by black Namibians, the country's mining industry group said on Friday.The policy was introduced in 2015 to increase the participation of historically disadvantaged black Namibians in some of the country's most lucrative business projects, but critics said it threatened the d...Read More

It's been labeled "blood gold," a jarring phrase that ties one of the world's most valuable metals with brutal mining practices and illicit profits that legitimate miners and refiners are rushing to end.With miners facing increasing pressure to guarantee the provenance of gold, the group that oversees the world's largest bullion market is seeking new ways to securely track each step from the mine...Read More

It's been labeled "blood gold," a jarring phrase that ties one of the world's most valuable metals with brutal mining practices and illicit profits that legitimate miners and refiners are rushing to end.With miners facing increasing pressure to guarantee the provenance of gold, the group that oversees the world's largest bullion market is seeking new ways to securely track each step from the mine...Read More

Marijuana stocks are in "early internet" territory.Amazon's early investors walked away with over 79,000% in profits. And this same phenomenon is happening in the cannabis space right now.Remember, the dotcom bubble separated out the real companies from the fake.Which is why it's so important to "weed" out the companies that might not survive this volatile but opportune time.Now, the race has ser...Read More

Glencore Plc on Friday reported a 12% rise in copper production so far this year, while cobalt production rose 44 percent, boosted by the restart of Katanga's processing operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo.The London-listed miner and commodities trader, which posted record half-year earnings in August, said then it had been facing higher costs and weak prices for cobalt and other byprod...Read More

Puts have been quite popular lately on MLNXWhile the broader semiconductor sector has had a rough week, Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ:MLNX) is up today 12.8% in electronic trading, after the company hired a financial adviser to explore a possible sale. The chipmaker has received interest from at least two companies, according to a CNBC report. Should today's price action pan out, MLNX woul...Read More

Snap said DAUs fell by a wider-than-expected margin in the third quarterThe shares of Snap Inc (NYSE:SNAP) are spiraling in electronic trading, after the Snapchat parent's quarterly earnings results were met with a round of bearish brokerage notes. At last check, SNAP stock was down 13.2%, on track to open at a new record low of $6.20.For the third quarter, Snap reported a slimmer-than-expected ad...Read More

Shares of AMZN and GOOGL are down big before the openIt's setting up to be an ugly day on Wall Street, with Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures pointing to a more than 250-point sell-off. Likewise, the Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) is also bracing for a triple-digit drop out of the gate. The latest round of corporate earnings has been thoroughly disappointing, headlined by sharp pre-market losses...Read More

Canada's Leagold Mining (TSX:LMC), which acquired the Santa Luz gold project in Brazil after taking over Briogold to build a mid-sized gold producer in Latin America, said restarting the mine would cost $82 million.Delivering the results of an updated feasibility study for the asset, which has been shut down since 2014, the Vancouver-based miner said Santa Luz could produce 1.06 million ounces of...Read More

Canada's Leagold Mining (TSX:LMC), which acquired the Santa Luz gold project in Brazil after taking over Briogold to build a mid-sized gold producer in Latin America, said restarting the mine would cost $82 million.Delivering the results of an updated feasibility study for the asset, which has been shut down since 2014, the Vancouver-based miner said Santa Luz could produce 1.06 million ounces of...Read More

Canada's Leagold Mining (TSX:LMC), which acquired the Santa Luz gold project in Brazil after taking over Briogold to build a mid-sized gold producer in Latin America, said restarting the mine would cost $82 million.Delivering the results of an updated feasibility study for the asset, which has been shut down since 2014, the Vancouver-based miner said Santa Luz could produce 1.06 million ounces of...Read More

SASKATCHEWAN - Star Diamond Corp. (TSX: DIAM), formerly Shore Gold, has received approval for the Star-Orion South diamond project from the provincial Minister of environment. The project is located near Fort a la Corne, in the central part of the province.The federal environment assessment agency announced its positive decision in December 2014. Additional permit approvals from the provincial a...Read More

SASKATCHEWAN - Star Diamond Corp. (TSX: DIAM), formerly Shore Gold, has received approval for the Star-Orion South diamond project from the provincial Minister of environment. The project is located near Fort a la Corne, in the central part of the province.The federal environment assessment agency announced its positive decision in December 2014. Additional permit approvals from the provincial a...Read More

Marlin Gold Mining (TSX-V: MLN) issued a media statement today saying that as a result of heavy rainfall caused by Hurricane Willa, which made landfall on Mexico's Pacific coast as a Category 3 on Oct. 23, a significant amount of water has accumulated inside one of the pits at its La Trinidad gold mine located in the northwestern state of Sinaloa, 42 kms southeast of Rosario.Marlin Gold explained...Read More

Marlin Gold Mining (TSX-V: MLN) issued a media statement today saying that as a result of heavy rainfall caused by Hurricane Willa, which made landfall on Mexico's Pacific coast as a Category 3 on Oct. 23, a significant amount of water has accumulated inside one of the pits at its La Trinidad gold mine located in the northwestern state of Sinaloa, 42 kms southeast of Rosario.Marlin Gold explained...Read More

A top Chilean court decided not to hear a lawsuit that sought to block China's Tianqi from acquiring Nutrien's (TSX:NTR) stake in the world's No. 2 lithium miner SQM, clearing the way for the biggest-ever deal in an industry that supplies the growing electric-vehicle market.The Constitutional Court said Thursday a complaint brought by companies owned by Julio Ponce, the Chilean miner's top shareho...Read More

Is it time to prepare for the next financial crisis?Something strange is going on in the financial system.And according to The Wall Street Journal, it's causing some investors- including the biggest banks in the world- to move massive amounts of money out of the banking system.What exactly is going on?Former hedge fund manager, Dr. Steve Sjuggerud, one of the most widely-followed financial analys...Read More