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
Perpetua Resources Corp. (PPTA:TSX; PPTA:NASDAQ) advanced its Stibnite Gold Project in Idaho with key milestones, including a US$1.8B financing indication and updated economics showing a US$3.65B NPV at spot metal prices. With construction on the horizon and federal backing secured, here's what investors should know. Perpetua Resources Corp. (PPTA:TSX; PPTA:NASDAQ) filed its Annual Report for the...Read More
Michael Ballanger of GGM Advisory Inc. shares his thoughts on the current state of the market. U.S. Dollar Index futures are up 0.12% to 103.620, while the 10-year bond yield is down 0.09% to 4.229% and the 30-year bond yield is up 0.22% to 4.566%.Gold (-0.97%), silver (-1.64%), copper (-1.06%) and oil (-0.15%) are all lower.The DJIA futures (-0.92%) are lower by 385 points, while the S&P 500 futu...Read More
The financing strategy and critical mineral supply role behind Perpetua Resources Corp. (PPTA:TSX; PPTA:NASDAQ) continue to gain attention. Find out what analysts are saying about its growth potential.Perpetua Resources Corp. (PPTA:TSX; PPTA:NASDAQ)has announced its inclusion in the Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners Index and the VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ), effective at market close on M...Read More
Global Analyst Adrian Day reviews of fourth-quarter earnings results as well as other news from several companies on his list. Given the sharp rallies in several gold stocksthe metal traded over $3,000 an ounce on FridayDay is holding most of the gold stocks, though the outlook for the year ahead is very strong.Franco-Nevada Corp. (FNV:TSX; FNV:NYSE) reported fourth-quarter revenue up 6% on the la...Read More
Metallic Minerals Corp. (MMG:TSX.V; MMNGF:OTCQB) provided a corporate and project update looking back over its achievements in 2024 and its expected catalysts for 2025. See why silver and copper are so important to the energy transition.Metallic Minerals Corp. (MMG:TSX.V; MMNGF:OTCQB) provided a corporate and project update looking back over its achievements in 2024 and its expected catalysts for...Read More
With this, the mining explorer-developer is even closer to getting the entire operation back online, slated for mid-year, noted a Cantor Fitzgerald report.West Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd. (WRLG:TSX.V; WRLGF:OTCQB; FRA:UJO) restarted the mill on March 10 at its Madsen mine project in northwestern Ontario's Red Lake Gold District, reported Cantor Fitzgerald Analyst Matthew O'Keefe in a March 19 researc...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
Growing US crude production – particularly in the midcontinent and Rockies regions – is upending traditional Gulf Coast pipeline routes.The result? An unprecedented great American oil pipeline build-out. The shale revolution has led to burgeoning pipeline takeaway access from the Permian basin. Last month, we discussed three reasons why the Permian’s future pipeline capacity won&...Read More
What does tight oil have in common with Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Alphabet's Google stocks (known as FAANG stocks)? Answer: tight oil is arguably the upstream equivalent of these tech sector leaders. It's the hot investment play in the oil and gas index, it outperforms like mad, and it's been driving to distraction those that don't own any. Production has leapt from zero six years...Read More
Commenting after Chesapeake announced plans to buy Vine Energy in a cash-and-stock deal which values the Blackstone Group-controlled E&P at around US$2.2 billion, analysts from natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie said: “We were confident 2021 would be a big year for Haynesville consolidation.“This deal really picks up the pace after Southwestern Energy/Indigo just tw...Read More
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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
Speaking after ConocoPhillips announced it will take over Concho Resources in a $9.7 billion all-stock deal, Robert Clarke, vice president, Lower 48 upstream, at Wood Mackenzie, said: “The combination is remarkable. Just in scale, ConocoPhillips is adding enough Permian production to nip at the heels of ExxonMobil’s massive programme.“We like the distinctives each firm brings too...Read More
Big Oil is on the move, feeling its way into a changing energy world. There are two sides to adapting: how to decarbonise oil and gas and how to build a sustainable business around zero-carbon technology. Valentina Kretschmar, VP and Tom Ellacott, SVP of our Corporate Analysis team took me through their thinking of how company strategies are developing.This week, BP went a step further on the firs...Read More
For details on how your data is used and stored, see our Privacy Notice.Once the deal closes, Chevron will be the second-largest producing major in 2019 terms. It was fourth.The acquisition makes the Majors' peer group much more polarised. ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell and BP are now in a league of their own. The deal plays to Chevron's strengths, which are tight oil and LNG. On top of this, it diver...Read More
For details on how your data is used and stored, see our Privacy Notice.Wood Mackenzie, in partnership with WisdomTree, has launched an exchange traded fund (ETF) providing investors with exposure to the growth in the demand for, and the usage of, energy storage technologies, and in particular batteries.The fund tracks the WisdomTree Battery Solutions Index. The index stock selection is informed b...Read More
Fuelled by public policy and declining battery costs, global electric bus adoption is set to triple by 2025. The Chinese market - the most promising in this sector - will surpass the 1 million e-bus mark by 2023 and reach 1.3 million by 2025, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie.China dominates the heavy-duty electric vehicle (EV) segment, accounting for 98% of the global e-bus market thr...Read More
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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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