Michael Ballanger of GGM Advisory Inc. shares his thoughts on the current state of the markets and shares one stock he believes is a Buy.Last week I told the world that I would never again try to short gold even as a hedge against the legions of junior gold miners currently springing to life in my heretofore unsightly portfolio. Stack after stack of Gideon's Bibles lay before me where I swore upon...Read More
Three more large gold and silver companies reported, all with good fourth-quarter results, though softer-than-expected guidance for the coming year. Global Analyst Adrian Day discusses below, as well as developments at other companies, including a new resource estimate at Orogen's Silicon-Merlin royalty deposit.Orogen Royalties Inc. (OGN:TSX.V) reported a 34% increase in the gold resource with hig...Read More
Now operating at commercial rates and accessing higher grade, this miner is poised to deliver profitability in the near term, noted a VSA Capital Markets report.Sierra Madre Gold and Silver Ltd. (SM:TSX.V; SMDRF:OTCQX) achieved full commercial and record production in January at its La Guitarra silver-gold project in Mexico, reported VSA Capital Markets Analyst Oliver O'Donnell in a Feb. 24 resear...Read More
LONDON, 28 February 2025 - Data, analysis and comment from BullionVault features today in expert forecasts for the gold market published by German daily newspaper of record, Die Welt.The report lists 3 key points which investors should watch closely in 2025 named by BullionVault director of research Adrian Ash.Read the full story, in German, with a subscription to Welt here:Steigt der Goldpreis we...Read More
LONDON, 27 February 2025 - Analysis and comment from BullionVault today features in a report on the surge in US gold-warehouse stockpiles from leading financial news service CNBC."There's a 'glut of gold' in New York's vaults," the report quotes Adrian Ash, BullionVault's director of research.Read Adrian's analysis in the full report - widely syndicated across the world - at CNBC here:America's ap...Read More
LONDON, 21 February 2025 - Canada's leading financial news channel BNN Bloomberg today interviewed BullionVault director of research Adrian Ash about growing calls to audit the USA's official gold reserves, primarily held at Fort Knox."Why do that? What's the aim?" asks Adrian before explaining what proper bullion vault inspections require and what they prove.Watch Adrian's 5-minute interview at B...Read More
LONDON, 14 February 2025 - Data, comment and analysis from BullionVault today lead a report on the rush of gold into New York from London and other locations from leading UK TV channel, Sky News."This is a financial market phenomenon," says the report from Sky's economics editor, financial author Ed Conway, quoting BullionVault director of research Adrian Ash and presenting charts sourced and crea...Read More
For details on how your data is used and stored, see our Privacy Notice. Demand for mined commodities exceeded pre-pandemic levels in 2021. Despite macro-economic headwinds over the next few years, growth seems assured and could be supercharged by a faster decarbonisation pathway. Supply constraints and disruptions continue and are likely to be exacerbated by economic sanctions on Russia...Read More
Early 2022 has brought the most traumatic events in Kazakhstan’s 30 years of modern independence. Widespread protests and civil unrest led to unprecedented scenes of violence on the country’s streets. Especially in Almaty, the largest city. More than 225 lives have been lost.What began as peaceful demonstrations against a sharp increase in the price of LPG fuel in resource-ri...Read More
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For details on how your data is used and stored, see our Privacy Notice. The road to zero carbon will see an extraordinary build out of low carbon electric vehicles (EVs) and renewable power generating capacity. And as the world reduces its dependence on hydrocarbons, metals will be a linchpin of a zero carbon economy. Copper – in the form of wire, cable and foil – will bind...Read More
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Both nickel and copper possess properties that give them a central role in the drive for a greener future. While demand from existing use cases will continue to grow steadily, electric vehicle (EV) and energy storage applications will underpin a huge increase in long-term demand.At the recent Future Facing Mined Commodities Forum, we looked at the importance of these two metals for the energy tran...Read More
The copper market is on the brink of transformation, driven by increasing demand for copper-intensive technologies and the urgent need for sustainable practices across the metals and mining industry.Our interactive copper infographic offers a comprehensive overview of the future of the copper market, detailing the key trends and projections that will shape the industry through 2034.Fill out the fo...Read More
We stand at a pivotal moment for the metals that will be essential to the energy transition. Metals-intensive low-carbon electrification remains a significant demand driver for transition metals, but geopolitical tensions and a challenging fiscal environment mean net-zero policies are being rolled back.For copper, EV and grid-related growth will boost long-term demand, but short-term supply-demand...Read More
For details on how your data is used and stored, see our Privacy Notice. It’s a little over a year since the US Inflation Reduction Act was passed into law. Solar was one of the main beneficiaries, thanks to an extension and expansion of the tax credits available to the industry. So why has the sector fallen out of favour with investors recently?August was a difficult month for the...Read More
BHP has made an all-share offer for Anglo American which valued the company at US$40.7 billion, conditional upon separate demergers by Anglo American by distribution of its entire shareholdings in Kumba and Anglo-American Platinum Limited to Anglo American shareholders. Anglo American’s board has unanimously rejected the proposal from BHP on the basis of valuation and uncertainty associated...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 26 points at 8:30 AM EST.Southwest Airlines dropped $0.80 to $30.26 after JP Morgan downgraded the stock from Neutral to Under WeightChipotle advanced $1.41 to $55.38 after Morgan Stanley upgraded the stock from Equal Weight to Overweight.Intel added $1.21 to $24.94 on news that Broadcom and Nvidia could become potenti...Read More
Throughout recent history, every American President has campaigned on a slogan of change.But the promised change never arrived. Until now.Today the bloated federal government is being deflated by President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).An audit of U.S. gold reserves is in the works. And possibly an audit of the Federal Reserve, too.Meanwhile a rift has split open between the E...Read More
A move by a Vancouver mining company with international projects to expand into Arizona could end up breathing new life into the U.S. historic mining district, experts say.A move by a Vancouver mining company with projects in Nicaragua and Guyana to expand into Arizona could end up breathing new life into the U.S. historic mining district, experts said.Mako Mining Corp. (MKO:TSX.V; MAKOF:OTCMKTS)...Read More