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

One in every twenty Europeans works in the automotive industry and the European Union believes that unless it catches up on battery technology, those jobs are at risk.That's why the group is planning to allow state aid for electric battery research and will offer billions to companies willing to build giant plants, it said Monday."Public investment in developing the battery industry in the EU is a...Read More

Oct 15 (Reuters) - Kazatomprom, the world's biggest uranium producer, said it will float up to a 25 percent stake in its planned initial public offering in London and Kazakhstan, as it looks to cash in on robust demand for the rare metal.Kazatomprom accounts for 20 percent of the world's uranium production and seven years on from Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster, the beaten down uranium sector i...Read More

Oct 15 (Reuters) - Kazatomprom, the world's biggest uranium producer, said it will float up to a 25 percent stake in its planned initial public offering in London and Kazakhstan, as it looks to cash in on robust demand for the rare metal.Kazatomprom accounts for 20 percent of the world's uranium production and seven years on from Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster, the beaten down uranium sector i...Read More

NRTI has shed 29% year-to-dateShares of NutriSystem Inc. (NASDAQ:NTRI) are suffering in premarket trading, after the weight loss company was hit with a downgrade at D.A. Davidson to "underperform" from "neutral," and a price-target cut to $28 from $40. Worth noting, the drastic price-target cut is a nearly 25% discount to the stock's Friday close at $37.10. The brokerage firm cited concern over t...Read More

Dow futures are below fair value but are off their earlier lowsLast week's stock market volatility looks set to continue today. While Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) futures are still signaling a lower open for stocks, they're far off their lows from earlier in the morning, and it's a similar setup for the S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq-100 (NDX). Traders are preparing for a full week of dat...Read More

The options market likely had a hand in last week's selling"It will be critical for the indexes to mount a bounce this week, as they come into the week at support levels that, if broken, could generate sell-offs like we saw in February and March."-- Monday Morning Outlook, October 8, 2018It did not take long. Major equity indices broke below support levels that I discussed last week, and the impli...Read More

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Dunkirk is a month into a project that makes it the biggest European city to offer entirely free public transport to residents and visitors alike. So what do people think?Read full newsRead More

Mining at the Gruyere project, a joint venture between Gold Road (ASX: GOR) and Gold Fields (JSE, NYSE: GFI) in Western Australia, could begin as early as next month with first gold production expected to come in the second half of next year, the companies said Monday.Overall project engineering at the 270,000 ounce-a-year project, which is already more than A$100 million over its original budget...Read More

Mining at the Gruyere project, a joint venture between Gold Road (ASX: GOR) and Gold Fields (JSE, NYSE: GFI) in Western Australia, could begin as early as next month with first gold production expected to come in the second half of next year, the companies said Monday.Overall project engineering at the 270,000 ounce-a-year project, which is already more than A$100 million over its original budget...Read More

Mining at the Gruyere project, a joint venture between Gold Road (ASX: GOR) and Gold Fields (JSE, NYSE: GFI) in Western Australia, could begin as early as next month with first gold production expected to come in the second half of next year, the companies said Monday.Overall project engineering at the 270,000 ounce-a-year project, which is already more than A$100 million over its original budget...Read More

Mining at the Gruyere project, a joint venture between Gold Road (ASX: GOR) and Gold Fields (JSE, NYSE: GFI) in Western Australia, could begin as early as next month with first gold production expected to come in the second half of next year, the companies said Monday.Overall project engineering at the 270,000 ounce-a-year project, which is already more than A$100 million over its original budget...Read More

Miner and commodities trader Glencore (LON:GLEN) is cutting 430 jobs, or about 30 percent of the workforce at its Hail Creek coal mine in Queensland, Australia, following a 100-day review that began after it bought the asset from Rio Tinto.Under the "reconfiguration" of Hail Creek, the two-dragline operation would become a truck-and-shovel mine with a seven-day-on, seven-day-off roster, meaning th...Read More

Vancouver, BC - Quadron Cannatech Corporation (CSE:QCC) (the "Company" or "Quadron"), is pleased to announce the appointment of Zara Kanji, CPA, CGA as Chief Financial Officer of Quadron.Zara is a founder of Zara Kanji & Associates (established in 2004). Zara is experienced in financial reporting and compliance for listed companies, personal and corporate taxation, general accounting, financial...Read More

A loan of $1,725 helps a member to purchase a solar lighting system, a clean cookstove, and a subscription of biomass pellet fuel that will help reduce deforestation.Read full newsRead More

A loan of $1,725 helps a member to purchase a solar lighting system, a clean cookstove, and a subscription of biomass pellet fuel that will help reduce deforestation.Read full newsRead More

Investing.com - Market players are likely to stay focused on global crude supplies in the upcoming week, after a pair of closely watched forecasters said world oil stocks are adequate and the outlook for demand is weakening.The monthly report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) on Friday said the market looked "adequately supplied for now" and trimmed its forecasts for world demand growth thi...Read More

Investing.com - After a week which saw a rout in global equity markets triggered by fears over rising bond yields, concerns about global growth and an escalating trade war there’s a lot on this week’s calendar to keep investors on edge.On Wednesday investors will get the chance to review the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s September meeting, when it raised rates for a third time...Read More

Investing.com - This week precious metals traders will see whether gold’s surge higher can be sustained after a rout in global equity markets which coincided with weakness in the dollar bolstered safe haven demand for the yellow metal.On Wednesday investors will get the chance to review the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s September meeting, when it raised rates for a third time this y...Read More

Fears of a full-blown trade war and higher oil have all been weighing heavily on the global economic outlook, including materials and base metals exchange-traded funds such as the iShares Global Materials ETF and SPDR S&P Metals and Mining ETF, which are both down by 13% since the start of 2018.While Trump's approach to trade along with firmer crude poses a threat to the global economic upswin...Read More