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

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

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

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

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 lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 2 points at 8:35 AM EDTS&P 500 futures recovered 7 points following release of second revision of U.S. fourth quarter GDP at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was annualized growth at a 2.3% rate. Actual was 2.4%.U.S. auto stocks moved lower following President Trump's move of a 25% tariff on finished autos imported into the...Read More

Silver has ripped 40% higher over the past year. It currently trades at $34.33 per ounce.Despite the healthy price action, the thought of selling hasn't crossed my mind.Today I will lay out the case that silver could triple to over $100/oz over the next few years.When pondering how high silver could go, historical prices are a logical place to start. To do so properly, however, we need to account...Read More

Stillwater Critical Minerals Corp. (PGE:TSX.V; PGEZF:OTCQB; J0G:FSE) has identified multiple large-scale conductive targets at its Stillwater West project in Montana, expanding its 3D geological model to 20 kilometers of strike. Read on to see what could come next as the company is prioritizing these untested zones for drilling.Stillwater Critical Minerals Corp. (PGE:TSX.V; PGEZF:OTCQB; J0G:FSE) h...Read More

Technical Analyst Clive Maund explains why he thinks it now may be the time to buy or add positions of Armory Mining Corp.'s (ARMY:CSE; RMRYF:OTC; J2S:FRA).Although the price of Armory Mining Corp.'s (ARMY:CSE; RMRYF:OTC; J2S:FRA) stock has drifted off since we first looked at it early in February, its technical condition has strengthened greatly as we will see when we come to review its latest ch...Read More

Technical Analyst Clive Maund explains why he thinks Rupert Resources Ltd. (RUP:TSX; RUPRF:OTCQX) is an Immediate Strong Buy for all time horizons.Rupert Resources Ltd. (RUP:TSX; RUPRF:OTCQX) is an established gold exploration and development company with a substantial defined resource in, of all places, northern Finland. You can check out the fundamentals in the company's latest investor deck, wh...Read More

Dynacor Group Inc. (DNG:TSX; DNGDF:OTCMKTS)is positioning itself for accelerated expansion despite mixed Q4 2024 results, according to an Atrium Research note.On March 27, 2025, Atrium Research analysts Ben Pirie and Nicholas Cortellucci maintained a Buy rating and CA$7.50 target price on Dynacor Group Inc. (DNG:TSX; DNGDF:OTCMKTS), citing the company's consistent long-term growth trajectory and i...Read More

Silver Crown Royalties Inc. (SCRI:CBOE; SLCRF:OTCQX; QS0:FSE) posted a 343% year-over-year Q4 revenue gain, marking its seventh straight growth quarter. As early 2025 payments suggest more momentum ahead, read what's driving the surge.Silver Crown Royalties Inc. (SCRI:CBOE; SLCRF:OTCQX; QS0:FSE) reported its seventh consecutive quarter of revenue growth, with significant increases in both quarterl...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

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

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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

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

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

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