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

Core Exploration Ltd (ASX:CXO) has upgraded the JORC resource estimate for its 100% owned Napperby Uranium Deposit in the Northern Territory.The new estimate of 9.54 million tonnes at 382 ppm U3O8 for 8.03 million pounds of U3O8 is an increase in both grade and contained U3O8.Notably, the Napperby deposit also includes significant vanadium mineralisation of 9.54 million tonnes at 236 ppm vanadium...Read More

Mesquite gold mine in California. Photo source: New Gold Inc.Equinox Gold Corp. [EQX-TSXV; EQXGF-OTC] said Friday October 12 that it has closed the US$75 million equity financing for the acquisition of the Mesquite gold mine in southern California from New Gold Inc. [NGD-TSX, NYSE American]. News of the acquisition was announced on September 19, 2018.The financing was comprised of brokered and non...Read More

The Detour Lake Mine in northern Ontario. Source: Detour Gold Corp.Detour Gold Corp. [DGC-TSX] on Friday October 12 released details of an offer that aims to settle a dispute with dissident shareholder Paulson & Co., which has been pressing for wholesale changes to the Detour board as well as the outright sale of the company.In a press release, Detour said it has chosen to release details of t...Read More

CALGARY - A financial analyst says prices being paid for Western Canadian oilsands bitumen have fallen so far that many producers are losing money on every barrel sold into the spot market.Analyst Matt Murphy of Tudor Pickering Holt & Co. says recent headlines have been focused on the falling value of the Western Canada Select price, but that measure is for a blend of heavy, sticky bitumen and...Read More

Full Article: Gold: Ready, Set, Go! Were You Really Ready?By: Przemyslaw RadomskiThe previous week is over and even though we haven't seen any significant volatility in its final part, it doesn't mean that we haven't seen any meaningful signals. We did and one of them has important implications for the short-term and a few others have much more important implications of the medium-term nature....Read More

Amerigo MVC plant ramp-up on courseSPONSOREDamerigo resources The move signals a geographic expansion for the company which has made a name for itself as a first mover in Argentina, when economic reforms opened the country for foreign investment in 2003.Under the first of two accords, Golden Arrow has entered a 48-month earn-in period "with minimal costs" in the first year and total payments of U...Read More

People think investing is risky.When I was growing up, my poor dad believed this. Because he valued comfort and security, he felt that smart people got a good job and saved their money. He would say things like, "Do you think money grows on trees?" or "Do you think I'm made of money?"My rich dad, on the other hand, felt that my poor dad's plan was risky. He aspired to own his own businesses and to...Read More

Many countries issued dollar-denominated debt to bolster their economies as we emerged from the 2008 financial crisis.But now that the dollar is strengthening against their weakening currencies, those debt levels are becoming more burdensome.The end result is likely to be a wave of defaults and bailouts that echo similar collapses in Greece and Cyprus.So far this year, India's rupee is down 12.5%,...Read More

Bitcoin prices on Thursday finally broke out of a recent lull, dropping as much as 6% and putting the $6,000 level back in play. A single bitcoinBTCUSD, -0.27% was last going for $6,202.07, down 5.5% since Wednesday at 5 p.m. Eastern Time on the Kraken exchange. Earlier in the session, the world's largest digital currency traded to an intraday low of $6,125.75, its lowest level since Sept. 19....Read More

Bitcoin prices on Thursday finally broke out of a recent lull, dropping as much as 6% and putting the $6,000 level back in play. A single bitcoinBTCUSD, -0.26% was last going for $6,202.07, down 5.5% since Wednesday at 5 p.m. Eastern Time on the Kraken exchange. Earlier in the session, the world's largest digital currency traded to an intraday low of $6,125.75, its lowest level since Sept. 19....Read More

In what the company calls an industry breakthrough, Arizona based Urbix Resources has produced the first economically viable graphene-enhanced lightweight concrete.Urbix's research and development team created what they call a 'Graphenesque' additive that provides a 33% increase in compressive strength, a 32% reduction in CO2 emissions, and at a cost that is over 16% lower than the next best light...Read More

In what the company calls an industry breakthrough, Arizona based Urbix Resources has produced the first economically viable graphene-enhanced lightweight concrete.Urbix's research and development team created what they call a 'Graphenesque' additive that provides a 33% increase in compressive strength, a 32% reduction in CO2 emissions, and at a cost that is over 16% lower than the next best light...Read More

Gold buying began at the European open and accelerated after the weaker than expected CPI print, snapping above $1200 and extending gains on notable volumes...Read full newsRead More

Volatile session ends in heavy losses for major equity benchmarksU.S. stocks swung between minor gains and massive losses in today's wildly volatile session. Traders were temporarily relieved by this morning's tame reading on consumer inflation -- but sentiment remained skittish after Wednesday's steep sell-off, particularly as President Donald Trump continued to criticize the Fed's policy-tighten...Read More

Could this be 9 times more valuable than Google, Facebook, and Amazon combined?It's a gadget you could conceal in the palm of your hand. A gadget that could easily pass through airport security. A gadget that could be mass produced quickly.And a gadget that holds the technology set to blow the lid off a breakthrough $15 trillion tech revolution...Of course, this gadget could stand to make a lot of...Read More

American Express, Johnson & Johnson, and P&G will also report The Fed's September meeting minutes will be released next week, with Wall Street expected to search for clues to the pace of future rate hikes. Traders will also digest monthly retail sales and housing data. Meanwhile, earnings season kicks into gear, with several big names reporting, including Dow members American Express Company (NYSE...Read More

One company could be positioning itself to take over the cloud market.Both cloud computing and blockchain technology has changed the way modern society operates.Today the global public cloud market is nearing a colossal $200 billion and is growing at a 22% annual rate.Did you ever think in 2006 that Amazon Web Services would be the beast that it is today? The cloud computing division of Amazon is...Read More

There isn't much at the proposed mine site right now: just a long airstrip, with clusters of sturdy buildings in the middle of green mountains close to the Middle Kuskokwim River. But if completed, the Donlin gold mine would be one of the biggest in the world.Read full newsRead More

Gold prices surged Thursday to the highest in more than two months, with the metal's haven status in full force and attracting investment interest amid a sharp retreat for U.S. stocks that has infected foreign indexes. Gold gained as global stock markets suffered from broad declines Thursday. Major U.S. stock indexes headed lower Thursday, as well, failing to recover from Wednesday's plunge. The d...Read More

Traders shouldn't sweat the downturn, if history is any indicatorStocks on Wednesday suffered their worst day in months -- or years, in the case of the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite. The S&P 500 Index (SPX) endured its steepest one-day percentage loss since February, giving up 3.3%. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) 14-day Relative Strength Index (RSI) fell below 25 -- into oversold territory. H...Read More