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

(Bloomberg) - Gold Fields Ltd. shareholders getting impatient over the company's failure to stem losses at the huge South Deep deposit in South Africa shouldn't lose hope, said Chief Executive Officer Nick Holland.Gold Fields said in August it's embarking on yet another turnaround plan at the operation, its only one left in South Africa. South Deep's disappointing performance has been a drag on t...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

(Bloomberg) - Gold may have finally snapped out of its inertia.Prices largely held the biggest gain since June 2016, when the U.K. voted to exit the European Union, after a slump in global equity markets stoked demand for the metal as a store of value. Bullion received another shot in the arm during Thursday's surge after data showing weaker-than-expected U.S. inflation raised speculation that th...Read More

LONDON, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Donald Trump didn't make it to LME Week, the annual jamboree of the global metals trading community.But the U.S. president was the hot topic at the myriad seminars, cocktail parties and private meetings across London this week.The industrial metals traded on the London Metal Exchange (LME) have found themselves at the heart of the escalating trade tensions between the U...Read More

LONDON, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Donald Trump didn't make it to LME Week, the annual jamboree of the global metals trading community.But the U.S. president was the hot topic at the myriad seminars, cocktail parties and private meetings across London this week.The industrial metals traded on the London Metal Exchange (LME) have found themselves at the heart of the escalating trade tensions between the U...Read More

Long call options offer limited risk and theoretically unlimited rewardIn the simplest terms, a call option gains value when the underlying stock rises. Buying a call is essentially a bullish bet that gives the trader the right, but not the obligation, to purchase the underlying shares for a specific price (the strike price) before an expiration day.Let's say Stock XYZ is trading at $39.50. A trad...Read More

Wells Fargo is rising with sector peers Citigroup and JPMorgan ChaseShares of Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC) are moving higher in early trading, after the banking firm this morning posted third-quarter results. Though earnings fell just shy of estimates, revenue was slightly better than expected, with CFO John Shrewsberry adding that the company saw "positive business trends" during the quarter. As...Read More

Wedbush thinks there's major potential for Fitbit in healthcareFitbit Inc (NYSE:FIT) is trading up 7.3% at $4.83, after Wedbush upgraded the stock to "outperform" from "neutral" and set a $6.50 price target, citing potential tailwinds from the company's push into the healthcare space. In particular, the analyst note highlighted Fitbit's collaboration with Google. FIT shares showed signs of life ea...Read More

Oct 11 (Reuters) - Coal miner Peabody Energy said on Thursday it intends to permanently seal the area where high methane levels have been concentrated after it reported fire in parts of its North Goonyella mine in Australia's Queensland last month.The company said three of the mine's five openings remain temporarily sealed to reduce air flow into the mine and issued force majeure notices to coal...Read More

Both names were up more than 5% in early tradingMizuho Securities initiated coverage on Abeona Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ABEO) with a "buy" rating and $17 price target, representing expected upside of 69.3% to last night's close at $10.04. In reaction, ABEO stock is up 6.6% to trade at $10.70.Analysts are already upbeat toward the rare disease specialist, with all seven in coverage maintaining a "s...Read More

BEIJING, Oct 12 (Reuters) - China's unwrought copper imports surged to their highest in 2-1/2 years in September, while copper concentrate imports climbed an all-time high as the world's top copper consumer's crackdown on scrap leaves it needing other forms of the metal.China's imports of copper, which include anode, refined, alloy and semi-finished copper products, rose 24 percent from August to...Read More

GDYNIA/LONDON, Oct 12 (Reuters) - ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steel producer, has agreed the sale of plants in the Czech Republic, Romania, Macedonia and Italy to Liberty House to satisfy regulatory requirements for its acquisition of Italian steelmaker Ilva.The announcement by ArcelorMittal on Friday did not disclose the value of the disposals, though investment bank Jefferies said they ar...Read More

The Dow is set for a massive comebackDow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) futures are signaling a huge comeback for U.S. stocks. The S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq-100 (NDX) are both set for substantial jumps at the open, too, taking their cue from a broader recovery in global stock markets. Traders are digesting earnings releases from a number of big banks, including Dow component JPMorgan Chase (...Read More

The brokerage firm targeted 30% upside for SQ stockIt's been a rough week for Square Inc (NYSE:SQ) amid the surprise resignation of the company's Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Sarah Friar and a dramatic broad-market sell-off. However, Canaccord Genuity thinks this recent pullback creates a buying opportunity, and upgraded the payments processing name to "buy" from "hold," while boosting its price...Read More

Chile's state miner Codelco, the world's No.1 copper producer, has revealed its smelter at Chuquicamata, its second largest operation by size, will be running at reduced rates until at least the end of the year, as it hurries to complete a planned overhaul ahead of stricter emissions standards coming in effect.Chile's Codelco is in the midst of upgrading its smelter at Chuquicamata, its second la...Read More

Chile's state miner Codelco, the world's No.1 copper producer, has revealed its smelter at Chuquicamata, its second largest operation by size, will be running at reduced rates until at least the end of the year, as it hurries to complete a planned overhaul ahead of stricter emissions standards coming in effect.Chile's Codelco is in the midst of upgrading its smelter at Chuquicamata, its second la...Read More

Canadian junior Rusoro Mining (TSX-V: RML), which in March scored a major victory in its international arbitration complaint against Venezuela, has accepted the almost $1.3 billion offered by the country's government as settlement for the seizure of the company's gold projects.The deal gives Venezuela Rusoro's mining data and forces it to fully release the arbitral award issued in favour of the mi...Read More

Canadian junior Rusoro Mining (TSX-V: RML), which in March scored a major victory in its international arbitration complaint against Venezuela, has accepted the almost $1.3 billion offered by the country's government as settlement for the seizure of the company's gold projects.The deal gives Venezuela Rusoro's mining data and forces it to fully release the arbitral award issued in favour of the mi...Read More

Canadian junior Rusoro Mining (TSX-V: RML), which in March scored a major victory in its international arbitration complaint against Venezuela, has accepted the almost $1.3 billion offered by the country's government as settlement for the seizure of the company's gold projects.The deal gives Venezuela Rusoro's mining data and forces it to fully release the arbitral award issued in favour of the mi...Read More

Shares in rare earths producer Lynas Corporation (ASX:LYC) climbed on Friday, closing 9.2 percent higher, after the Malaysian minister in charge of a committee reviewing the miner's plant offered to step down following criticism that she would not be impartial.Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister's Office Fuziah Salleh, a long-standing critic of Lynas' plant, said she didn't want to be used by...Read More