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
This could soon be the backbone of America's electrical grid.What would the perfect mining stock for this market look like?First, it would be an incredibly rare element... one with limited supply.Second, it would be an element now under the radar... but about to break out with predictable demand.Third, there should be a company working toward a virtual monopoly on this element...And these three th...Read More
VANCOUVER, Oct. 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ - IDM Mining Ltd. (TSX.V:IDM) (OTCQB:IDMMF) (Read full newsRead More
Diversified global engineering, project delivery and operations management group, DRA Global ("DRA"), partnered JSE Listed Pan African Resources in completing its R1.74 billion Elikhulu tailings retreatment project in Evander, Mpumalanga, within budget and ahead of schedule.Read full newsRead More
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 16, 2018--Coeur Mining, Inc. (" Coeur " or the " Company ") (NYSE: CDE) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive agreement (the "Read full newsRead More
Anglo Asian Mining's gold output rose 47 percent in the third quarter, the ...Read full newsRead More
Gold usually loses to stocks, and gold mining stocks can often be even worse. But gold stocks can still serve a place in your portfolio if you buy the right ones.Read full newsRead More
Lowe's pullback last week could have bullish implicationsLast week, Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW) moved 3.9% lower with the broad market sell-off, extending its weekly losing streak to three. In the aftermath of Hurricane Michael, though, home repair supplies could be in high demand, which would drive the stock higher. As such, the recent pullback puts LOW in territory of a trendline with h...Read More
STLD will report earnings after tomorrow's closeShares of Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ:STLD) are down 1.6% at $40.02 in afternoon trading, extending yesterday's analyst-induced sell-off. Credit Suisse slammed a number of steel stocks on Monday, and downgraded STLD to "neutral" from "outperform." The brokerage firm also slashed its price target to $51 from $55, saying rising interest rates could...Read More
PYPL shares are getting a boost todayU.S. stocks are soaring today thanks to strong quarterly earnings results. Three names that are joining in on the rally and trading higher following bullish analyst attention are digital payments specialist PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL), semiconductor concern Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ:MRVL), and blue chip The Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO). Below is a...Read More
Gold futures edged up Tuesday to mark another finish at their highest since July, but a rally in the U.S. stock market limited the gains for the precious metal. Against a backdrop of relatively stable trading for a leading dollar index, December gold GCZ8, -0.30% rose 70 cents, or less than 0.1%, to settle at $1,231 an ounce. Prices had pulled back from a high of $1,235.90, but the settlement was...Read More
Beneath the hoods of millions of the clean electric cars rolling onto the world's roads in the next few years will be a dirty battery.Every major carmaker has plans for electric vehicles to cut greenhouse gas emissions, yet their manufacturers are, by and large, making lithium-ion batteries in places with some of the most polluting grids in the world.By 2021, capacity will exist to build batteries...Read More
Carube Copper Corp. (TSXV:CUC) is pleased to report positive new results from its ongoing surface exploration program at the Company's 100% owned Main Ridge Project (Read full newsRead More
Hungary's central bank increased its gold reserves 10-fold, citing the need to improve its holdings' safety, joining regional peers with relatively high ownership in the European Union's east.Following a similar move by Poland, the central bank in Budapest now holds 31.5 tons of the metal, taking the share among total reserves to 4.4 percent, in line with the average in the region, according to a...Read More
Hungary's central bank increased its gold reserves 10-fold, citing the need to improve its holdings' safety, joining regional peers with relatively high ownership in the European Union's east.Following a similar move by Poland, the central bank in Budapest now holds 31.5 tons of the metal, taking the share among total reserves to 4.4 percent, in line with the average in the region, according to a...Read More
Using airlifted supplies, a crew is closing the entries to 42 abandoned mines scattered throughout Gold Butte National Monument, plugging some and grating others to allow wildlife to use them as sh...Read full newsRead More
earchlight Resources Inc.(Read full newsRead More
The copper market is currently experiencing a squeeze on physical metal which is unexpected.The London Metal Exchange (LME) price is treading water just above the $6,000 level, struggling to fend off bearish macro funds.Mine supply is doing just fine with a conspicuous absence of disruption this year.Yet, all the tell-tale signs of physical market tightness are there.Global exchange stocks have be...Read More
The copper market is currently experiencing a squeeze on physical metal which is unexpected.The London Metal Exchange (LME) price is treading water just above the $6,000 level, struggling to fend off bearish macro funds.Mine supply is doing just fine with a conspicuous absence of disruption this year.Yet, all the tell-tale signs of physical market tightness are there.Global exchange stocks have be...Read More
Vancouver, BC - Venzee Technologies Inc. (TSX-V: VENZ) (the "Corporation" or "Venzee"), is pleased announce it has introduced a pay-per SKU submission based revenue model providing Small and Medium Sized Businesses ("SMB's) with more flexible pricing solutions for its entry-level product content distribution productsAs retailers work to expand product selection with "drop ship", "endless aisle"...Read More
Montr?(C)al, QC - Siyata Mobile Inc. (TSX-V:SIM | OTCQX: SYATF) (the "Company" or "Siyata"), is pleased to announce the Company has received multiple purchase orders from leading industry specialists totalling CAD $1.3M, which shows continued significant demand for the Company's devices.The purchase orders have been received for Siyata's various 4G devices using Push-to-Talk Over Cellular...Read More