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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For details on how your data is used and stored, see our Privacy Notice.Coronavirus, supply disruptions, muted demand and the oil price plunge have sent shockwaves across the petrochemical industry. Year-on-year profits have been considerably reduced. So how is the industry handling the blow, and what does it mean for balance sheets, budgets and planned projects?Profit margins have been squeezedCo...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

Brian Hicks of Wealth Daily explains how NatGold Corp. could unlock the value in Pebble Creek.Hidden within the raw, untamed wilderness of southwestern Alaska slumbers a colossal giant a kingdom of gold sealed beneath the harsh landscape of Pebble Creek.This isn't your run-of-the-mill gold discovery. This is the world's second-largest identified gold reserve an astonishing 70 million ounces tr...Read More

The latest from Tectonic Metals Inc.'s (TSXV: TECT; OTCQB: TETOF; FSE: T15B) drilling at the Flat Gold Project extends the mineralized strike length and confirms high-grade gold zones. With every hole hitting gold and assays reaching 67 g/t, what's next for Alaska's emerging gold asset?Tectonic Metals Inc. (TSXV: TECT; OTCQB: TETOF; FSE: T15B) announced a significant gold discovery at the Alpha Bo...Read More

Bob Moriarty of 321gold.com shares his thoughts Dolly Varden Silver Corp. (DV:TSX.V; DOLLF:OTCQX).Astute market watchers have surely noticed that just as I forecasted, the cryptocurrencies and broader stock market have formed rolling peaks and are now plummeting rapidly. BTC has dropped 27% from its pinnacle. Many of the other 15,000 digital collectibles have fallen even further. For anyone who ge...Read More

Michael Ballanger of GGM Advisory Inc. shares his thoughts on the current state of the market and gives one stock recommendation he believes it worth looking into.The U.S. dollar Index futures are lower by 0.644% to 106.025, with the 10-year yield down 1.08% to 4.135% and the 10-year yield down 0.36% to 4.448%.Gold (+1.23%) and silver (+0.45%) are up, but copper (-0.61%) and oil (-1.18%) are lower...Read More

Technical Analyst Clive Maund explains why he believes Silver X Mining Corp. (AGX:TSX.V; AGXPF:OTC) is an Immediate Buy for all time horizons.Silver X Mining Corp. (AGX:TSX.V; AGXPF:OTC) is looking more attractive than ever here because it has dropped to the lower boundary of a giant trading range from which it is expected to reverse to the upside, resulting in good percentage gains from the curre...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

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