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

(IDEX Online) - Tiffany & Co.  reported that its worldwide net sales increased 8% to $1.05 billion in the two month holiday period ended December 31, 2017  due to growth across regions and product categories, and comparable store sales rose 5%.   On a constant-exchange-rate basis that excludes the effect of translating foreign-currency-denominated sales into U.S....Read More

Published on: Jan 18, 2018 | by finfeedEHR Resources (ASX:EHX) and its joint venture partner, Eloro Resources, have both updated the market regarding results of the recently completed first reconnaissance drilling program at the La Victoria Gold-Silver Project in Peru.As noted in Eloro's announcement, this initial reconnaissance drilling has intersected 7.31 grams of gold per tonne over 3.4 metres...Read More

Palisade Research January 18, 2018 Category: Research Hello Subscriber, While I’m writing you this, gold is on its way to $1,400. . .That makes gold up 8% since this time last month. No wonder many of the largest asset managers in the world are piling into the yellow metal. . .They are positioning themselves for gold’s new bull-market. But more importantly - are you setting yourself up...Read More

Palisade Research January 18, 2018 Category: Research Hello Subscriber, While I’m writing you this, gold is on its way to $1,400. . .That makes gold up 8% since this time last month. No wonder many of the largest asset managers in the world are piling into the yellow metal. . .They are positioning themselves for gold’s new bull-market. But more importantly - are you setting yourself up...Read More

Palisade Research January 18, 2018 Category: Research Hello Subscriber, While I’m writing you this, gold is on its way to $1,400. . .That makes gold up 8% since this time last month. No wonder many of the largest asset managers in the world are piling into the yellow metal. . .They are positioning themselves for gold’s new bull-market. But more importantly - are you setting yourself up...Read More

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News outlets loyal to the Turkish state and sympathetic to the Kurds are each busy framing the conflict ahead of possible Turkish military moves against Syrian Kurds.Read full newsRead More

Crude edged higher as OPEC showed increased determination to curb production and tighten markets ahead of inventory data tonight, but extended gains after API reported a bigger than expected crude draw (9th in a row).Read full newsRead More

Syria's dominant Kurdish party on Wednesday called on the U.N. Security Council to act quickly to ensure the safety of Kurdish-controlled territories in thRead full newsRead More

The petition asks the government to renounce proposed trading regulations that would ruin "a happy dream" that has been enabled by digital currencies...Read full newsRead More

The current decline in the US dollar is just a part of the long term US dollar decline story. Germany has decided to include the Chinese Yuan in its basket of foreign exchange reserves. Other nations will follow soon. Migrants have made Eurozone's economic fundamentals very strong. Migrants will ensure that the Eurozone continues its strong economic growth over the next few years. Nations will b...Read More

The current decline in the US dollar is just a part of the long term US dollar decline story. Germany has decided to include the Chinese Yuan in its basket of foreign exchange reserves. Other nations will follow soon. Migrants have made Eurozone's economic fundamentals very strong. Migrants will ensure that the Eurozone continues its strong economic growth over the next few years. Nations will b...Read More

Another day, another dump for the dollar index...Read full newsRead More

Nigerian militants threatened on Wednesday to attack off-shore oil facilities within days, raising fears of a repeat of a 2016 wave of violence that helped push Africa's biggest economy into recession.Read full newsRead More

New York, San Francisco and Oakland are suing oil companies for causing 'catastrophic harm.'Read full newsRead More

Oil's surge to $70 a barrel has left plants that process crude in Europe struggling, as their margins plunge and demand weakens for some of what they make.Read full newsRead More

The leader of the American Petroleum Institute will leave the industry's top Washington lobbying group in August, after helping win new places to drill, expand markets for U.S. oil and defeat a Trump administration plan to subsidize coal-fired power plants.Read full newsRead More

Royal Dutch Shell Plc and BP Plc agreed annual deals to buy Libyan crude, underscoring how the North African country's recovering production and improving security are enticing some of the world's largest oil companies.Read full newsRead More

Last year set a unique and exciting stage for 2018 and beyond. Globally, a trend of misinformation and misuse of information has brought a new thirst for credible and trusted science. Our common fu...Read full newsRead More