The AOCE and WB have moderate overall forecasts for the metals in 2025 inline with IMF forecasts for a decline in economic growth and inflation, although we see the probability of a stagflationary scenario as still reasonably high.Read More

The past year was a difficult one overall for the metals, with the main standouts to the upside being a geopolitical risk-driven gain in gold, a China-driven rise in iron ore and a surge in uranium on broadening global support for nuclear power (Figure 1). A jump in global interest rates to near two-decade highs saw recession fears persist all year, and while one still did not actually eru...Read More

This year the post-global health crisis boom was brought to an end by a surge in inflation to forty-year highs, a major rise in global interest rates in an attempt to curb the rising prices and surging geopolitical risk after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. While precious metals held up reasonably well as markets turned to them as a risk hedge, by Q2/22 the higher interest rates put an end t...Read More

Chile is the world leader in copper production, at 28.5% of the total in 2020, and this looks set to continue, with the country having the largest global reserves, at 23.0% of total. It is also the global leader for molybdenum, which is often found along with copper, and is a major lithium player, holding 51.1% of global reserves. Read More

Newfoundland has become a gold exploration hotspot over the past few years, with the sector seeing some of its strongest activity ever. While the province remains a small contributor to Canadian gold production, it has a substantial mineral industry well supported by the government, focused on iron ore, copper and nickel, and the surge in exploration suggests that gold output from the...Read More

Nevada is the core of the U.S. gold output, accounting for by far the majority, at 75.4% on average for the past year. The state looks set to remain a dominant player in U.S. gold, as it accounts for 49% of total U.S. reserves, with Alaska slightly ahead with 51% of reserves, but just 8.6% of current production. The U.S. accounts for 6.1% of global gold output, making Nevada one of the largest gol...Read More

The Golden Triangle in northwestern British Columbia has historically been a major site of Canadian gold production, beginning as early as the mid 1800s. There was a wave of production in the 1990s which cooled as the gold price declined, but larger scale production resumed in 2017, and the area has seen surging exploration interest over the past year, given that the region has some of the largest...Read More

In this report we outline the Quebec gold mining industry, including its major producers, and a survey of many of the junior miners focused on the province. Quebec accounts for 34% of Canadian gold production (second to Ontario, with 44%) and remains a major focus for both producers and junior miners.Read More

Red Lake has been one of the most prolific gold mining districts in Canada and the world, with exploration having started in the 1920s, and production, which began in the 1930s, continuing to the present day. The district is known for the high grade of its gold, its infrastructure, and strong institutional support, given the long history of mining in the area.Read More

The federal ban on cannabis is one of those policies which make living in Americ feel like the dark ages. It wastes tax dollars with enforcement, and it tramples states’ rights to make their own laws.Worst of all though, it threatens legal businesses in states which are pot friendly and threatens the life, liberty, and property of countless individuals who harm no one while using marijuana f...Read More

The federal ban on cannabis is one of those policies which make living in Americ feel like the dark ages. It wastes tax dollars with enforcement, and it tramples states’ rights to make their own laws.Worst of all though, it threatens legal businesses in states which are pot friendly and threatens the life, liberty, and property of countless individuals who harm no one while using marijuana f...Read More

Nearly three years after a tailings dam at Mount Polley copper-gold mine in British Columbia breached, mine owner Imperial Metals (TSX:III) has been granted a water discharge permit from the B.C. government that will allow the company to flow treated mine wastewater into Quesnel Lake.CBC News reported last week that the BC Liberal government, which faces an election on May 9, approved the long-ter...Read More

Investing.com - Gold prices edged higher on Friday as investors remained cautious ahead of the first round of voting in the presidential French election, underpinning safe haven demand for the precious metal.Gold for June delivery settled up 0.13% at $1,285.5 on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. For the week, gold futures were down 0.81%.Polls indicated that centrist Emmanuel...Read More

BHP Billiton's (ASX: BHP) (LON:BLT) leading investors are pressing the company's management not only to accept a proposal by activist investor Elliott Management to spin off its US petroleum business, but to fully demerge all of its oil and gas assets.Speaking to Financial Times (subs. required), Aberdeen Asset Management, the third-largest shareholder in BHP's London-listed arm, said a demerger...Read More

Rio Tinto (ASX, LON:RIO), the world's second largest miner, said copper output dropped in the first quarter of the year due to a strike at its 30%-owned Escondida mine in Chile and Indonesian regulatory changes.The mining giant revealed copper production for the first three months of the year slumped 37% compared with the same period last year to 84,200 tonnes, adding it had cut its production fo...Read More

* France's CAC down 0.4 pct, lags Europe* Software AG top gainer after results* European earnings kick off in earnest next week (Adds details, updates prices)By Kit ReesLONDON, April 21 (Reuters) - French blue-chip stocks underperformed other European benchmark indexes on Friday as investors retreated from risky bets ahead of the too-close-to-call first round of France's presidential election. C...Read More

(Adds details, updates prices)By James ReganSYDNEY, April 21 (Reuters) - Zinc led a near across-the board rise in Shanghai base metals futures on Friday on the back of robust gains in overnight London trading and buoyant equity markets.Traders said broader positive sentiment on the outlook for industrial commodities in China also pushed future contracts along.ShFE tin SSNcv1 was the only laggard,...Read More

Investing.com - Gold prices edged lower on Friday, but the precious metal's downside was expected to remain limited amid overall caution in the markets after a terrorist attack in Paris killed one person late Thursday and ahead of Sunday's first round in the French presidential election.On the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, gold futures for June delivery were down 0.22% at $1,...Read More

Can you imagine being stuck in an insane asylum, when you aren’t really crazy?That is sometimes what society feels like, living life in this government controlled nut house.One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a great source of parallels between the abusive nature of government power, and the treatment of those living in an insane asylum.The book was written by Ken Kesey after he worked...Read More

Can you imagine being stuck in an insane asylum, when you aren’t really crazy?That is sometimes what society feels like, living life in this government controlled nut house.One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a great source of parallels between the abusive nature of government power, and the treatment of those living in an insane asylum.The book was written by Ken Kesey after he worked...Read More

Goldcorp (TSX:G) (NYSE:GG), the world's No.3 gold producer by value, has formally began the acquisition of fellow Canadian Exeter Resource (TSX:XRC), one of the several deals announced last month, which included the creation of a partnership with Barrick Gold (TSX, NYSE:ABX) in Chile's gold belt.The Vancouver-based miner said Exeter shareholders will be entitled to receive 0.12 of a common share o...Read More

The vast majority of American voters are unaware of the environmental and technological advancements of today's mining industry according to new polling, suggesting mining's legacy skews perceptions.A new poll by Morning Consult for the US National Mining Association (NMA) shows less than 10 percent of voters could assess the scale of emissions reductions that have been achieved in coal-powered pl...Read More

(Updates with U.S. markets, changes comments, dateline from previous LONDON)* Wall St boosted by earnings* Euro shorts close positions, traders sayBy Rodrigo CamposNEW YORK, April 20 (Reuters) - The euro and stocks on major markets recovered on Thursday as a market-friendly presidential candidate held the lead ahead of Sunday's first-round election in France, while the yen and U.S. Treasury prices...Read More

(Adds company news, futures)April 20 (Reuters) - Britain's blue chip FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening down 0.16 percent at 7103 points on Thursday, according to financial spreadbetters, with futures FFIc1 down 0.1 percent ahead of the cash market open.* ACACIA: Acacia Mining ACAA.L reported a 15 percent rise in its first-quarter gold production on Thursday but said sales undershot due to a ban...Read More

Investing.com - Gold prices edged lower in European trading on Thursday, nursing overnight losses amid fading demand for safe-haven assets, despite jitters ahead of the French presidential election and ongoing geopolitical tensions over North Korea.Comex gold futures shed $2.90, or around 0.2%, to $1,280.50 a troy ounce by 2:45AM ET (06:45GMT). Meanwhile, spot gold was slightly lower at $1,279.30....Read More

April 20 (Reuters) - Britain's blue chip FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening down 0.16 percent at 7103 points on Thursday, according to financial spreadbetters.* IHG: Global hotel chain InterContinental Hotels Group Plc IHG.L said 1,200 of its franchised hotels in the United States, including Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza, were victims of a three-month cyber attack that sought to steal customer pa...Read More

Palisade Research April 20, 2017 Category: Research Current Price: C$0.205Shares Outstanding: 321.5 millionMarket Capitalization: C$65.9 million52-Week Range: C$0.085-C$0.44Cash: ~C$6.6 millionTotal Liabilities: ~C$8.3 millionAfter France lost a series of wars to Great Britain and other European powers during the late 18th and early 19th century, the country began rebuilding its colonial empire, t...Read More

If you lived in North Korea, you might think your government had attacked a U.S. aircraft carrier which was approaching the country. You would probably think North Korea had the capabilities to hold their own against the U.S. including “super mighty” preemptive nuclear strikes which could hit mainland USA.But we live in America, so we believe that North Korea is a backward communist co...Read More

If you lived in North Korea, you might think your government had attacked a U.S. aircraft carrier which was approaching the country. You would probably think North Korea had the capabilities to hold their own against the U.S. including “super mighty” preemptive nuclear strikes which could hit mainland USA.But we live in America, so we believe that North Korea is a backward communist co...Read More