Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More
The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More
As we look to 2020, copper is faced with a finely balanced market. For now, positive investor sentiment around copper’s fundamentals is supporting higher prices. Stronger demand growth is underpinned by new semis capacity, while mine supply growth will be reliant on additions from both projects and existing mines. Meanwhile, the recent approval of new copper scrap re-categorisation standards...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
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
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
Commenting on the news that offshore driller Ensco will buy Rowan in a $2.38 billion deal, Leslie Cook, principal analyst, Wood Mackenzie, said: "As we have been saying for the past two years, consolidation among drillers is paramount to a recovery. In that respect, this announcement comes as no surprise."Ensco and Rowan are companies that have strong brand recognition in both the jack-up and floa...Read More
Sunrun has agreed to acquire Vivint Solar in an all-stock transaction. The deal is valued at $3.2 billion including debt.Commenting on the deal, Ravi Manghani, Wood Mackenzie Research Director, said: "Per Wood Mackenzie’s US PV Leaderboard, Sunrun and Vivint have been the #1 and #2 residential solar companies in the US for the past few years. Sunrun holds about 9% of the market share and Viv...Read More
Comstock Resources today tightened its grip on the Haynesville basin with a US$2.2 billion cash-and-stock deal to buy privately-held Covey Park.Robert Clarke, director, US Lower 48, at global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie, said: “The deal creates a Haynesville leader with the pro-forma company having access to the three best parts of the play: Caspiana Core in Louisiana, the S...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
With 2021 shaping up to be the year the world got serious about decarbonisation, every sector can expect to come under the climate change microscope. The vast carbon emissions from steel and aluminium production often overshadow the environmental impact of zinc, lead and copper smelting. But the energy-intensive process of producing these metals is far from squeaky clean. So, is ‘green&rsquo...Read More
Wood Mackenzie’s latest analysis reveals that China’s crude stock (including strategic and commercial petroleum reserves) could reach 1.15 billion barrels in 2020, equivalent to 83 days of oil demand.Wood Mackenzie senior consultant Lei Sun said: “Major crude oil importers such as China have been known to build their strategic reserves when prices are low, as seen in previous oil...Read More
Electric vehicle (EV) sales are expected to reach 45 million units per year by 2040, with a total global EV stock of 323 million, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie.Both projections have been revised down 2% when compared to Wood Mackenzie's pre-coronavirus forecast, with the pandemic delaying total vehicle sales by two years.Responses to the pandemic from China and Europe have strongly...Read More
As we all know, the US is headed for a fiscal crisis. Like having a 'heart attack,' says Ray Dalio.The only way to prevent it is to make dramatic policy changes now not just to 'improper payments' to federal bureaucrats, but also serious cuts to the firepower industry.Possible? Here's Barrons:Trump Sends Shockwave Through Defense Stocks, Says Military Spending Could Be Halved“At some point...Read More
Thesis Gold Inc. (TAU:TSXV; THSGF:OTCQX; A3EP87:WKN) announces the final drilling results from its 2024 program at the Ranch area of its 100%-owned Lawyers-Ranch Project in British Columbia's Toodoggone Mining District, just as analysts say the yellow metal's highest prices are "yet to come."Thesis Gold Inc. (TAU:TSXV; THSGF:OTCQX; A3EP87:WKN) has announced the final drilling results from its 2024...Read More
Technical Analyst Clive Maund shares an update on West Point Gold Corp. (WPG:TSX; WPGCF:OTCQB) and gives his estimated price targets.When we last looked at West Point Gold Corp. (WPG:TSX; WPGCF:OTCQB) early in January, the picture was described as "entirely positive." Since then, its stock has broken out of the rectangular trading range that we had delineated at that time.It has since forged ahead...Read More
Michael Ballanger of GGM Advisory Inc. reviews the gold and silver market and shares some thoughts on some copper companies on his list.In this year's GGMA 2025 Forecast Issue, I made the decision to stay overweight the junior gold developers, with my top pick and largest holding being a Nevada-based grower with a 2.317m-ounce resource that recently delivered a strikingly robust preliminary econom...Read More
Seabridge Gold Inc. (SEA:TSX; SA:NYSE.MKT) enters into a bought-deal financing and a separate agreement with a strategic investor for a total of US$100 million as it works to push its massive flagship KSM Project in British Columbia forward. Find out which expert thinks the company is a "BIG" idea for exposure to gold and copper.Seabridge Gold Inc. (SEA:TSX; SA:NYSE.MKT) announced it has entered i...Read More
Global Analyst Adrian Day looks at year-end financial results from a couple of high-yielding global companies, as well as positive updates from a couple of resource companies.Ares Capital Corp. (ARCC:NASDAQ) fell sharply from record highs, by almost 5% in two days, after the company announced that long-time and popular CEO Kip deVeer was departing as CEO, and net income plunged 24% from the quarte...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
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