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
Shares of resort and casino company Wynn Resorts, Ltd. (NASDAQ:WYNN) are soaring after CEO Steve Wynn stepped down amid recent sexual misconduct claims. Wynn appointed the company's president, Matt Maddox, as his successor, and in response, the casino stock has received a handful of mixed analyst reactions. Specifically, WYNN was upgraded by J.P. Morgan Securities to "overweight" from "neutral,"...Read More
Options traders are cheering well-received earnings from Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAM), with shares of the cloud stock up 7.2% this morning at $68.25. Call buying was extremely popular leading up to the event, evidenced by a 10-day call/put volume ratio of 4.63 at the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX), a reading tha...Read More
Shares of Snap Inc (NYSE:SNAP) have surged 22.5% out of the gate to trade at $17.24, lifting fellow social media stock Twitter (TWTR) along with it. The Snapchat parent reported better-than-expected fiscal third-quarter revenue of $285.7 million, and said its daily active users jumped 18% year-over-year to 187 million -- more than analysts were expecting. The company's adjusted quarterly loss of 1...Read More
Stock futures are once again pointed lower, after Tuesday's incrediblyvolatile session that saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) trade in a more than 1,100-point range before ending higher. Today, however, Dow futures are pointing to a triple-digit drop, while S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) futures are alsoin the red. Along with the latest batch of earnings reports, trade...Read More
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) is slated to report fourth-quarter earnings tomorrow morning. Ahead of the quarterly event, TWTR stock saw its price target hiked to $22 from $18 at Deutsche Bank. The brokerage firm is just the latest to weigh in on Twitter's turnaround efforts, waxing optimistic over the microblogging firm's impressive user growth and ad revenue. This still represents a discount to last n...Read More
Shares in Canada's Northern Vertex Mining (TSX-V: NEE) were up Wednesday after the miner said is closer than ever to pour first gold at its Moss mine, in northwestern Arizona.The Vancouver-based company said that roughly 7,800 tonnes of ore have been stacked on the pad to date, and production is ramping up towards an initial stacking rate of 2,500 tpd, to later reach 5,000 tpd.Production is rampin...Read More
Shares in Canada's Northern Vertex Mining (TSX-V: NEE) were up Wednesday after the miner said is closer than ever to pour first gold at its Moss mine, in northwestern Arizona.The Vancouver-based company said that roughly 7,800 tonnes of ore have been stacked on the pad to date, and production is ramping up towards an initial stacking rate of 2,500 tpd, to later reach 5,000 tpd.Production is rampin...Read More
What else is there to talk about after the largest single-day decline in the history of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and S&P 500 Index (SPX)? In this article, I'm going to focus on the S&P 500, which closed about 8% off its highest level ever on Monday, and barely stayed above correction territory -- often defined as a 10% pullback -- on an intraday basis. Below, I'll try to answer what...Read More
Rio Tinto (ASX, LON, NYSE:RIO), the world's No.2 mining company, showed investors Wednesday how well it has ridden the wave of higher commodity prices by announcing a record dividend on the back of a big surge in annual profit and its cost cutting drive.Bumper results came on the back of a recovery in the price of key commodities for Rio Tinto, including iron ore, aluminum and copper.The company,...Read More
Rio Tinto (ASX, LON, NYSE:RIO), the world's No.2 mining company, showed investors Wednesday how well it has ridden the wave of higher commodity prices by announcing a record dividend on the back of a big surge in annual profit and its cost cutting drive.Bumper results came on the back of a recovery in the price of key commodities for Rio Tinto, including iron ore, aluminum and copper.The company,...Read More
Rio Tinto (ASX, LON, NYSE:RIO), the world's No.2 mining company, showed investors Wednesday how well it has ridden the wave of higher commodity prices by announcing a record dividend on the back of a big surge in annual profit and its cost cutting drive.Bumper results came on the back of a recovery in the price of key commodities for Rio Tinto, including iron ore, aluminum and copper.The company,...Read More
Rio Tinto (ASX, LON, NYSE:RIO), the world's No.2 mining company, showed investors Wednesday how well it has ridden the wave of higher commodity prices by announcing a record dividend on the back of a big surge in annual profit and its cost cutting drive.Bumper results came on the back of a recovery in the price of key commodities for Rio Tinto, including iron ore, aluminum and copper.The company,...Read More
A mining engineering professor at the University of B.C. is hoping that his parodies of pop songs will help reduce mercury pollution in small scale gold mining in developing countries.Marcello Veig...Read full newsRead More
By Andy Home, columnist for Reuters.Tesla, the pioneer of the electric vehicle revolution, is turning to Chile to secure the lithium it needs to power its mass production drive.Tesla and Chilean lithium producer SQM are "exploring" opportunities after the automotive company expressed interest in buying "important volumes" of the battery ingredient, according to Eduardo Bitran, head of Chilean deve...Read More
Two miners have died after a section of Sibanye-Stillwater's (JSE:SGL) (NYSE:SBGL) Kloof gold operation in South Africa collapsed on Wednesday, about a week after more that 1,000 workers were trapped underground at another of the company's mines in the country.Sibanye-Stillwater has suspended production at the affected area pending an investigation into the incident with the participation of the...Read More
Two miners have died after a section of Sibanye-Stillwater's (JSE:SGL) (NYSE:SBGL) Kloof gold operation in South Africa collapsed on Wednesday, about a week after more that 1,000 workers were trapped underground at another of the company's mines in the country.Sibanye-Stillwater has suspended production at the affected area pending an investigation into the incident with the participation of the...Read More
Two miners have died after a section of Sibanye-Stillwater's (JSE:SGL) (NYSE:SBGL) Kloof gold operation in South Africa collapsed on Wednesday, about a week after more that 1,000 workers were trapped underground at another of the company's mines in the country.Sibanye-Stillwater has suspended production at the affected area pending an investigation into the incident with the participation of the...Read More
Two miners have died after a section of Sibanye-Stillwater's (JSE:SGL) (NYSE:SBGL) Kloof gold operation in South Africa collapsed on Wednesday, about a week after more that 1,000 workers were trapped underground at another of the company's mines in the country.Sibanye-Stillwater has suspended production at the affected area pending an investigation into the incident with the participation of the...Read More
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb.05, 2018(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Mining Gold Corp. ("First Mining" or the "Company") (TSX:FF) (OTCQX:FFMGF) (Frankfur...Read full newsRead More
LOVELOCK - An agency that encourages stewardship over prohibition is the Environmental Protection Agency that Administrator Scott Pruitt represented to the Nevada mining industry on Feb. 5.Read full newsRead More