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

Tesla stock remains heavily shortedTesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock is down 2.3% to trade at $285.20 this morning, after Morgan Stanley issued a price-target cut to $291 from $376 and slashed its profitability forecasts. The analyst in coverage expressed concerns about Model 3 production and the recent executive turnover, saying TSLA is trading near fair value. On the other hand, Electrekjust got it...Read More

Wall Street has extremely high expectations for WTW sharesScanning the analyst attention across Wall Street this morning, two names that stood out were Weight Watchers International, Inc. (NYSE:WTW) and Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:ULTA). The healthy eating specialist and the cosmetics retailer could both be aiming for fresh highs soon, based on recent analyst coverage. We'll take a closer look at shar...Read More

Valeant Pharmaceuticals stock has been surging since early AprilShares of drug name Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (NYSE:VRX) are trading higher this morning, after the stock received an upgrade from Mizuho to "buy" from "neutral" and a price-target hike to $27 from $15, with the analyst in coverage calling the company's portfolio "Mylan-like." In response, VRX is up 2.8% at $21.40, at last che...Read More

WARSAW, May 15 (Reuters) - Poland's KGHM, one of the world's biggest copper and silver producers, reported a 38 percent slide in first-quarter net profit on Tuesday, hit by lower output and sales.The state-run company said net profit for the first three months of the year stood at 439 million zlotys ($121.08 million), compared with the 453 million zlotys expected by analysts and 710 million zlotys...Read More

WARSAW, May 15 (Reuters) - Poland's KGHM, one of the world's biggest copper and silver producers, reported a 38 percent slide in first-quarter net profit on Tuesday, hit by lower output and sales.The state-run company said net profit for the first three months of the year stood at 439 million zlotys ($121.08 million), compared with the 453 million zlotys expected by analysts and 710 million zlotys...Read More

HONG KONG, May 15 (Reuters) - Australian miner Argosy Minerals plans to use the production from the pilot plant at its lithium carbonate mine in Argentina to entice financing for its commercial operations at the site, a company executive said on Tuesday.Argosy's Rincon project in northern Argentina will start producing 500 tonnes per year of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) next month, Managing...Read More

The 10-year Treasury yield has climbed back above 3%The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is pointed lower in pre-market trading, which could put the blue-chip index's shot at a nine-day winning streak in jeopardy. A negative earnings reaction for Home Depot (HD) is pressuring Dow futures, after the retailer's first-quarter revenue and same-store sales came in lower-than-expected. Traders are al...Read More

World's No.2 miner Rio Tinto (LON, ASX:RIO) said Tuesday that cost inflation driven by rising oil prices and a resurgence of resource nationalism are increasingly affecting mining companies' investment decisions.Speaking at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch conference in Miami, chief executive Jean Sebastien-Jacques said he remained optimistic about the medium to long-term global growth outlook...Read More

World's No.2 miner Rio Tinto (LON, ASX:RIO) said Tuesday that cost inflation driven by rising oil prices and a resurgence of resource nationalism are increasingly affecting mining companies' investment decisions.Speaking at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch conference in Miami, chief executive Jean Sebastien-Jacques said he remained optimistic about the medium to long-term global growth outlook...Read More

World's No.2 miner Rio Tinto (LON, ASX:RIO) said Tuesday that cost inflation driven by rising oil prices and a resurgence of resource nationalism are increasingly affecting mining companies' investment decisions.Speaking at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch conference in Miami, chief executive Jean Sebastien-Jacques said he remained optimistic about the medium to long-term global growth outlook...Read More

World's No.2 miner Rio Tinto (LON, ASX:RIO) said Tuesday that cost inflation driven by rising oil prices and a resurgence of resource nationalism are increasingly affecting mining companies' investment decisions.Speaking at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch conference in Miami, chief executive Jean Sebastien-Jacques said he remained optimistic about the medium to long-term global growth outlook...Read More

The bullish momentum in this triple-leveraged ETF has been unprecedentedThe perennial cautionary note on leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is that they're not well-suited to trading time frames of more than a day. That's because these instruments are designed to deliver double or triple the underlying index's daily return, but the effects of compounding will warp the relationship between leve...Read More

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World's largest mortgage bankers- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, would soon go bankrupt.No one believed Porter Stansberry nine years ago.As head of one of America's largest independent financial research firms, Mr. Stansberry's work back in 2008 led him to a bold, but worrisome, conclusion:That the world's largest mortgage bankers- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which at the time were responsible for ne...Read More

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A 48-year-old German motorist died when his Telsa Model S crashed into a highway guardrail near the Swiss town of Bellinzona, and burst into flames trapping the driver.Read full newsRead More

Mountain Province Diamonds (TSX, NASDAQ: MPVD) has appointed outgoing Firestone Diamonds (LON:FDI) boss and former De Beers financial chief, Stuart Brown, as its new president and top executive.Brown led Lesotho-focused Firestone since September 2013 and was the main person in charge of securing the funding and building the team that delivered the successful construction and transition to producti...Read More

Mountain Province Diamonds (TSX, NASDAQ: MPVD) has appointed outgoing Firestone Diamonds (LON:FDI) boss and former De Beers financial chief, Stuart Brown, as its new president and top executive.Brown led Lesotho-focused Firestone since September 2013 and was the main person in charge of securing the funding and building the team that delivered the successful construction and transition to producti...Read More

Global miners Glencore and Barrick Gold expect to receive a prospecting license for a nickel joint venture in Tanzania after the government canceled its retention license, Barrick said.Read full newsRead More

Commodities Analysis by Sunshine Profits (Przemyslaw Radomski, CFA) covering: EUR/USD, XAU/USD, XAG/USD, US Dollar Index Futures. Read Sunshine Profits (Przemyslaw Radomski, CFA)'s latest article on Investing.comRead full newsRead More