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

Investing.com - Gold prices fell to the lowest level since May on Friday as the dollar rallied to almost 14-year highs amid a rally driven by the U.S. presidential election and expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates next month.Gold for December delivery on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange hit lows of $1,202.05 a troy ounce and settled down 0.74% at $1...Read More

Looking for how to invest in gold?What does that mean to the average investor?Do you think of running out to the local bullion dealer to begin stockpiling gold bars in your basement?Or perhaps visiting a local jeweller or pawn shop to buy a bunch of gold chains or coins?Although purchasing jewellery or bullion do create an exposure to gold, they are hardly the only (or most effective) ways. The ma...Read More

* Wall Street slips, led by healthcare decline* Dollar index set for biggest 2-week rise in 20 months* Oil gains 5 pct on the week on OPEC hopes (Updates prices, comments)By Rodrigo CamposNEW YORK, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar climbed on Friday to its highest level since 2003 on continued bets on faster inflation and higher interest rates, while Treasuries resumed a selloff that left yields...Read More

* Wall Street slips, led by healthcare decline* Dollar index set for biggest 2-week rise in 20 months* Oil down for day on strong dollar, up for week on OPEC hope (Updates prices, comments)By Rodrigo CamposNEW YORK, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar climbed on Friday to its highest level since 2003 on continued bets on faster inflation and higher interest rates, while Treasuries resumed a selloff...Read More

Zuckerberg: Facebook will develop tools to fight fake news ... Fake news sites designed to trick you ... Mark Zuckerberg has outlined a series of measures that should help prevent fake news from being shared on Facebook. The planned controls, which were announced in a late night Facebook post, follow accusations that a flood of fake news stories influenced the U.S. presidential election. -CNNFaceb...Read More

Zuckerberg: Facebook will develop tools to fight fake news ... Fake news sites designed to trick you ... Mark Zuckerberg has outlined a series of measures that should help prevent fake news from being shared on Facebook. The planned controls, which were announced in a late night Facebook post, follow accusations that a flood of fake news stories influenced the U.S. presidential election. -CNNFaceb...Read More

The Canadian province of Quebec has partnered with one of the country's leading firms in risk management and contractor compliance to develop a platform that aims to help local suppliers bid for Plan Nord contracts.Plan Nord is a provincial initiative to invest about $1.3 billion in infrastructure and other projects over the next five years in hopes of attracting $50 billion in public and privat...Read More

Greece has granted Canada's Eldorado Gold (TSX:ELD)(NYSE:EGO) permission to build a plant at its Skouries gold mine in the northern part of the country, one of four major operations the firm has there.Decision unblocks the construction of the plant at Eldorado's Skouries gold mine, one of four major operations the firm has in Greece.The approval comes only a week after Giorgos Stathakis took cha...Read More

While mining companies have resumed projects that were placed in the back burner last year and upped capital spending, employees have yet to benefit from the surge in commodity prices.While most miners have managed to straighten balance sheets, they have not began preparing to deal with a new looming risk - their ability to access workers with the skills needed in an upswing.The issue is not onl...Read More

* Stocks fall, oil hit by stronger greenback* Best two weeks for USD since March 2015 (Updates throughout with U.S. market action, changes dateline from LONDON)By Rodrigo CamposNEW YORK, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar climbed on Friday to its highest level since 2003 on continued bets on faster inflation and higher interest rates, while Treasuries resumed a selloff that left benchmark yields o...Read More

(Updates futures, adds company news item)Nov 18 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening up 2 points on Friday, according to financial bookmakers, with futures FFIc1 up 0.28 percent ahead of the cash market open.* The UK blue chip index closed 0.7 percent higher on Thursday, helped by gains among mining firms. NATIONWIDE: Nationwide Building Society POB_p.L reported a 23 percent...Read More

Nov 18 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening up 2 points on Friday, according to financial bookmakers.* The UK blue chip index closed 0.7 percent higher on Thursday, helped by gains among mining firms. RIO TINTO: The government of Guinea has called on Rio Tinto RIO.AX RIO.L to spell out what exactly it has discovered in an internal investigation into payments made to an advi...Read More

Barack Obama on fake news: ‘We have problems’ if we can’t tell the difference The US president denounced the spate of misinformation across social media platforms, including Facebook, suggesting American politics can be affected. -GuardianIs fake news the new "conspiracy theory." We’ve read that it may be, and it seems likely to us.That’s because "conspiracy theory" h...Read More

Well now!! i was a pilot of a B 29, on the raids of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki. i am 96 years old. Yes we firebombed these cities as well as Tokyo. But there were A bombs dropped on the two cities in question. -ALPHAMEG feedback to DB articleWe've written numerous articles referring to the Pentagon's lies about its nuclear program - both today and over the past 65 years or so. Now someone (see e...Read More

Barack Obama on fake news: ‘We have problems’ if we can’t tell the difference The US president denounced the spate of misinformation across social media platforms, including Facebook, suggesting American politics can be affected. -GuardianIs fake news the new "conspiracy theory." We’ve read that it may be, and it seems likely to us.That’s because "conspiracy theory" h...Read More

Well now!! i was a pilot of a B 29, on the raids of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki. i am 96 years old. Yes we firebombed these cities as well as Tokyo. But there were A bombs dropped on the two cities in question. -ALPHAMEG feedback to DB articleWe've written numerous articles referring to the Pentagon's lies about its nuclear program - both today and over the past 65 years or so. Now someone (see e...Read More

During his campaign Donald Trump promised to push through a $500 billion spending program to build bridges, roads, railways, schools and hospitals early next year and the president elect has aspirations of $1 trillion in infrastructure build-out in the US over the next decade.The surge in industrial metals prices and steelmaking raw materials following the surprise victory of Trump has definitely...Read More

The surge in the copper price to near 18-month highs following Donald Trump's win in the US presidential election came as a surprise to an industry under pressure since 2011 over growing supply.The bullishness about the impact of Trump's $500 billion infrastructure plans on demand for the bellwether metal has cooled down considerably.Source: FocusEconomicsIn pre-regular hours trade on Thursday...Read More

(Adds company news items, futures)Nov 17 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening up 19 to 21 points, or as much as 0.3 percent, on Thursday, according to financial bookmakers, with futures FFIc1 up 0.16 percent ahead of the cash market open.* The UK blue chip index ended down 0.6 percent on Wednesday after gaining in the previous two sessions, with companies such as jet engine m...Read More

Nov 17 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 19 to 21 points higher, or up as much as 0.3 percent on Thursday, according to financial bookmakers.* The UK blue chip index ended down 0.6 percent on Wednesday after gaining in the previous two sessions, with companies such as jet engine maker Rolls-Royce RR.L and the country's biggest housebuilder Barratt BDEV.L slipping. ANGLO AM...Read More