Up 10% in the last five days as gold explodes by 25% to smash a seven-year record, Newmont (TSX:NGT)(NYSE:NEM) is one hot stock. Breaking out since the headline-generating merger last year that propelled Newmont into the spotlight, this stock has generated a massive 48% share price appreciation in the last 12 months. And with 2020 looking like gold’s year, this trend may well continue.Newmon...Read More

Image of stibnite from which most antimony, a native element, is extracted. (Image by pepperedjane, Wikimedia Commons). Despite the price of antimony going up in late January and reaching approximately $5,600/tonne, market analyst Roskill says it is still not expected to quickly recover back to the 201?EUROE7/20?EUROE18 levels. Back then, the grey metalloid reached over $8,000/tonne.In a recent r...Read More

Reference image of a Toyota hydrogen fuel cell. (Image by Joseph Brent, Flickr). A research team from the Tokyo Institute of Technology created the first visible-light photoanode made of titanium dioxide or TiO2 enhanced with cobalt. The anode is a key element needed to achieve affordable water splitting to produce hydrogen, a clean alternative to fossil fuel.In a paper published in the journal A...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday February 21 that are worth another look.The impact on Vale from the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has been limited thus far, but the company is watching the situation closely in China.Logistics disruptions across China have paralyzed many of the country's supply chains since the outbreak of a novel coronavirus infect...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday February 21 that are worth another look.The impact on Vale from the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has been limited thus far, but the company is watching the situation closely in China.Logistics disruptions across China have paralyzed many of the country's supply chains since the outbreak of a novel coronavirus infect...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday February 21 that are worth another look.The impact on Vale from the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has been limited thus far, but the company is watching the situation closely in China.Logistics disruptions across China have paralyzed many of the country's supply chains since the outbreak of a novel coronavirus infect...Read More

The writedown was mostly related to its stake in the active Fort Hills oil sands mine in landlocked Alberta, while the company warned of another potential $1.13 billion future writedown should its $20.6 billion Frontier project not receive federal permitting expected by next week.The company wrote off C$910 million on Fort Hills related to lower market expectations for future Canadi...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday February 21 that are worth another look.The impact on Vale from the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has been limited thus far, but the company is watching the situation closely in China.Logistics disruptions across China have paralyzed many of the country's supply chains since the outbreak of a novel coronavirus infect...Read More

Clive MaundIf you are wondering why gold is starting to accelerate away to the upside, you need look no farther than the following amazing chart forwarded to me by reader Larry Fike, which Larry has kindly given me permission to reproduce in this update...Click on chart to popup a larger, clearer version.Chart courtesy of Larry FikeThe chart speaks for itself and requires little additional comme...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday February 21 that are worth another look.The impact on Vale from the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has been limited thus far, but the company is watching the situation closely in China.Logistics disruptions across China have paralyzed many of the country's supply chains since the outbreak of a novel coronavirus infect...Read More

Share this articleEDMONTON - The Alberta government has struck deals with two northern Alberta First Nations over a proposed open-pit oilsands mine that's awaiting Ottawa's approval.The Mikisew Cree and Athabasca Chipewyan First Nations had previously reached deals with Teck Resources Ltd. for the Frontier mine, but were still negotiating with the province over environmental and cultural concern...Read More

While the Wuhan coronavirus captured investor attention on Friday, a Fed official was laying out her prescription of what the central bank should do if things unravel. If Lael Brainard has her way, the Fed will be staking new ground in its efforts to lift inflation. It could have a major impact on Canadian stocks. We explain why in this week's Insights. In addition, gold investors should enjoy ou...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday February 21 that are worth another look.The impact on Vale from the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has been limited thus far, but the company is watching the situation closely in China.Logistics disruptions across China have paralyzed many of the country's supply chains since the outbreak of a novel coronavirus infect...Read More

Clive MaundIf you are wondering why gold is starting to accelerate away to the upside, you need look no farther than the following amazing chart forwarded to me by reader Larry Fike, which Larry has kindly given me permission to reproduce in this update...Click on chart to popup a larger, clearer version.Chart courtesy of Larry FikeThe chart speaks for itself and requires little additional comme...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday February 21 that are worth another look.The impact on Vale from the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has been limited thus far, but the company is watching the situation closely in China.Logistics disruptions across China have paralyzed many of the country's supply chains since the outbreak of a novel coronavirus infect...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday February 21 that are worth another look.The impact on Vale from the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has been limited thus far, but the company is watching the situation closely in China.Logistics disruptions across China have paralyzed many of the country's supply chains since the outbreak of a novel coronavirus infect...Read More

Is $1500 a reasonable price for gold? Some of the more ardent gold “bulls” might say no. A price of $2000 per ounce should sound better to them. That particular number is likely more popular because gold’s price didn’t quite get there eight years ago, stopping just shy of $1900 per ounce.Similar behavior occurred after 1980, when gold’s price assent was stopped at $85...Read More

Clive MaundIf you are wondering why gold is starting to accelerate away to the upside, you need look no farther than the following amazing chart forwarded to me by reader Larry Fike, which Larry has kindly given me permission to reproduce in this update...Click on chart to popup a larger, clearer version.Chart courtesy of Larry FikeThe chart speaks for itself and requires little additional comme...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday February 21 that are worth another look.The impact on Vale from the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has been limited thus far, but the company is watching the situation closely in China.Logistics disruptions across China have paralyzed many of the country's supply chains since the outbreak of a novel coronavirus infect...Read More

Clive MaundIf you are wondering why gold is starting to accelerate away to the upside, you need look no farther than the following amazing chart forwarded to me by reader Larry Fike, which Larry has kindly given me permission to reproduce in this update...Click on chart to popup a larger, clearer version.Chart courtesy of Larry FikeThe chart speaks for itself and requires little additional comme...Read More