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

Canadian Stock Exchange-listed junior project developer Orefinders Resources has released strong economic results contained in a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for the South Zone openpit, which is part of the Mirado gold mine, located to the southeast of Kirkland Lake, Ontario.Nestled within the prolific gold producing Abitibi Greenstone Belt, the project boasts an exceptionally low total c...Read More

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Tech giant Dell has a new initiative in mind: mine gold from old laptops and spin it into jewelry. The initiatives makes sense.Read full newsRead More

Royal Dutch Shell is giving up on its last oil fields in Iraq, leaving the world's second-biggest oil company with a dwindling footprint in the Middle East-a region it helped build into a petroleum powerhouse.Read full newsRead More

For the first time Carbon Brief has plotted the United States' power stations in an interactive map to show how and where the US generates electricity.Read full newsRead More

ANZ Senior Commodity Strategist Daniel Hynes discusses the performance of the metals and mining sector, and talks about commodities. Bloomberg's David Stringer also speaks onRead full newsRead More

Gold has now moved within striking distance of the next area of resistance. Despite overstretched momentum indicators a correction remains elusive at this stage with gold being supported by continued dollar weakness and steady real yields amid rising inflation focus. Tail end protection against the risk of a stock market correction also seen as a factor.Read full newsRead More

The Roman Republic and the later Roman Empire had gold coins called the aureus and solidus, but they also minted a popular silver coin called the denarius. One denarius was the daily wage for unskilled labor and Roman soldiers.Of course, in the late Empire, the aureus, solidus and denarius were all debased by mixing the gold and silver with base metals. The decline of the Roman Empire went hand in...Read More

Changes in public sentiment and to state laws have created a tidal wave of profits for fast moving investors in pot stocks.With the pot industry still in its infancy, many of these companies have their best days ahead of them.If you buy into the right companies now, before the big money starts rolling in, you could stand to make six figures, or more.Today, I'll show you a few marijuana companies t...Read More

If you or I pulled a stunt like this, we’d go to jail.(And our faces would be plastered all over the news, our families shamed, and our savings would be taken away.)But Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan — along with his counterparts at the Saudi Oil Ministry — is pulling off one of the biggest market manipulation schemes since the Hunt brothers cornered the silver market...Read More

Investment expert Matt Badiali recently released a viral video called "Freedom Checks" that has many scratching their heads, wondering what these investments are exactly.In the video, now viewed by millions of Americans, Matt says these "freedom checks" are not a government program like Social Security or Medicare, and they're not a 401(k) or IRA or any similar type of retirement account.As Matt d...Read More

The ??l?(C)onore gold mine in the James Bay region about 320 km north of Matagami, northern Quebec. Source: Goldcorp Inc.Goldcorp Inc. [G-TSX, NYSE-GG] said Tuesday January 16 that it is sticking with a plan to increase its annual production by 20% from current levels to 3 million ounces by 2021. Over the same period, the Vancouver-based mining giant also said it hopes to reduce its all-in sustain...Read More

GTA Mining and Resources Inc. (TSXV:GTA) Monday reported initial drill results from Big Duck Lake located 25km north of Schreiber, OntarioSmallCapPower | January 16, 2018: Solid results to start. On January 15, 2018, GTA Mining and Resources Inc. (TSXV:GTA) reported initial drill results from Big Duck Lake located 25km north of Schreiber, Ontario. All holes hit and confirmed mineralization and wer...Read More

A piece of diamond drill core (Hole SN-16-02) that assayed 4.95 g/t gold and 43.7 g/t silver from the Shovelnose Project in the Spences Bridge Gold Belt 30 km south of Merritt, southern British Columbia. Source: Westhaven Ventures Inc.Westhaven Ventures Inc. [WHN-TSXV; WTHVF-OTC] on Tuesday January 16 reported impressive gold assays from its Shovelnose property near Merritt, southern British Colum...Read More

Shares of Aphria Inc. (TSX:APH) surged 20% on Monday after announcing a deal to acquire 100% of Broken Coast CannabisSmallCapPower | January 16, 2018: Aphria Inc. (TSX:APH), a leading Canadian marijuana producer, has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of Broken Coast Cannabis Inc., a premium cannabis producer located in British Columbia for $230 million in stock and cash. The deal will add increm...Read More

Extracting a bulk sample at the Dumont nickel-cobalt project near Amos, northern Quebec. Source: RNC Minerals.RNC Minerals [RNX-TSX; RNKLF-OTCQX], also known as Royal Nickel Corp., says it is working to secure $1 billion to develop the world's largest undeveloped reserves of both nickel and cobalt at the company's flagship Dumont Project near Amos, northern Quebec. It hopes to start the constructi...Read More

Click to EnlargeNevada Exploration Inc. (TSX-V: NGE; OTCQB: NVDEF) is pleased to report that the results of the Company's Scorpion drill program have confirmed that the hydrothermal system that was active at Kelly Creek is gold-bearing over larger areas than previously known, with discrete zones of enriched gold in groundwater anchored to at least two clusters of >0.1 g/t gold in bedrock coveri...Read More

Via Sovereigman.comThere's a really unique investment company in Europe you ought to know about... because they are insanely profitable.In fact, a few days ago the company announced that they expect to report an annual profit of $55 BILLION for 2017.That's more money than Apple makes... which makes this European group THE most profitable company in the world.Its stock price has more than QUINTUPLE...Read More

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA / January 16, 2018 / MGX Minerals Inc. ("MGX" or the "Company") (CSE: XMG / OTCQB: MGXMF / FKT: 1MG) is pleased to report the Company has engaged Highbury Energy Inc. ("Highbury") to assist in preparing a detailed process to extract metals such as nickel, vanadium, and cobalt from petroleum coke ("petcoke").BackgroundPetcoke is a carbon material by-product of the oil...Read More

Full Article: Look Past U.S. Dollar's Plunge, 2018 Could Be Its 'Last Hurrah' - Capital EconomicsBy: Anna Golubova(Kitco News) - The current U.S. dollar's plunge is temporary, says Capital Economics, noting that a recovery is on its way, but warning that the currency might face renewed pressure in 2019.The Fed's plan to tighten its monetary policy this year will be the main underlying factor sup...Read More