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

Suppose you own a car dealership in San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico, and you want to sell new Fords. The only way to get them to the island is by boat – but not just any boat.In 1920, Congress passed a law restricting all trade between U.S. ports to American-flagged vessels crewed by U.S. citizens. After the First World War, Congress's idea was to protect the country's merchant...Read More

Suppose you own a car dealership in San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico, and you want to sell new Fords. The only way to get them to the island is by boat – but not just any boat.In 1920, Congress passed a law restricting all trade between U.S. ports to American-flagged vessels crewed by U.S. citizens. After the First World War, Congress's idea was to protect the country's merchant...Read More

President Barack Obama is heralding his nuclear deal with Iran as "another chapter in the pursuit of a more helpful and more hopeful world." I don't think so. Iran has a history of funding terrorism around the world, and they are Israel's worst enemy. We are alienating our decades-long allies and cozying up to their enemies and ours.Donald J. Trump was exactly right when he said,...Read More

President Barack Obama is heralding his nuclear deal with Iran as "another chapter in the pursuit of a more helpful and more hopeful world." I don't think so. Iran has a history of funding terrorism around the world, and they are Israel's worst enemy. We are alienating our decades-long allies and cozying up to their enemies and ours.Donald J. Trump was exactly right when he said,...Read More

Ken Moore, head of Citi Innovation Labs told IBTimes UK during a technology briefing that the bank has been looking at distributed ledger technology for "the last few years" and has amassed a skilled team.They have constructed three blockchains and a test currency to run across them.Moore said: "We have up and running three separate systems within Citi now that actually deploy block...Read More

Ken Moore, head of Citi Innovation Labs told IBTimes UK during a technology briefing that the bank has been looking at distributed ledger technology for "the last few years" and has amassed a skilled team.They have constructed three blockchains and a test currency to run across them.Moore said: "We have up and running three separate systems within Citi now that actually deploy block...Read More

Following last week's eavesdropping reports, WikiLeaks shared new documents with Libération and Mediapart. This time, the new documents reveal that the NSA was spying on France's best performing companies for economic intelligence purposes.In addition to eavesdropping French Economy Ministers François Baroin and Pierre Moscovici between 2004 and 2012, the NSA gathered as much...Read More

Following last week's eavesdropping reports, WikiLeaks shared new documents with Libération and Mediapart. This time, the new documents reveal that the NSA was spying on France's best performing companies for economic intelligence purposes.In addition to eavesdropping French Economy Ministers François Baroin and Pierre Moscovici between 2004 and 2012, the NSA gathered as much...Read More

U.S. authorities foiled attacks planned around the Fourth of July, arresting more than 10 people in the month before the holiday who were inspired by Islamic State online recruitment, FBI Director James Comey said on Thursday."I do believe our work disrupted efforts to kill people likely in connection with July 4th," Comey told reporters at the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Inves...Read More

U.S. authorities foiled attacks planned around the Fourth of July, arresting more than 10 people in the month before the holiday who were inspired by Islamic State online recruitment, FBI Director James Comey said on Thursday."I do believe our work disrupted efforts to kill people likely in connection with July 4th," Comey told reporters at the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Inves...Read More

The [Greek] crisis could present new opportunities. From Bitcoin to barter, the impending loss of the euro has Greeks looking for unorthodox solutions that operate largely outside the banking system.Leander Bindewald, a senior researcher at the New Economics Foundation, draws inspiration from the industrial Greek city of Volos, which in 2011 established a barter-like system of local alternative un...Read More

The [Greek] crisis could present new opportunities. From Bitcoin to barter, the impending loss of the euro has Greeks looking for unorthodox solutions that operate largely outside the banking system.Leander Bindewald, a senior researcher at the New Economics Foundation, draws inspiration from the industrial Greek city of Volos, which in 2011 established a barter-like system of local alternative un...Read More

FBI Director James Comey on Monday defended his agency's position that too-tough-to-crack encryption poses a threat to national security, arguing that terrorists are increasingly using the technology to lock out law enforcement and coordinate attacks.Comey, in a brief op-ed appearing on the prominent national security blog Lawfare, said that "there are lots of good things" about univ...Read More

FBI Director James Comey on Monday defended his agency's position that too-tough-to-crack encryption poses a threat to national security, arguing that terrorists are increasingly using the technology to lock out law enforcement and coordinate attacks.Comey, in a brief op-ed appearing on the prominent national security blog Lawfare, said that "there are lots of good things" about univ...Read More

Greece's five-year dance with its European creditors appears finally to be reaching a climax.The continent's leaders are presenting a hard-nosed ultimatum: To get more bailout money, the debt-wracked country must propose a package of tax increases, pension cuts and other economic reforms by Thursday, and come to a final agreement by Sunday or face bankruptcy and likely ouster from the euro...Read More

Greece's five-year dance with its European creditors appears finally to be reaching a climax.The continent's leaders are presenting a hard-nosed ultimatum: To get more bailout money, the debt-wracked country must propose a package of tax increases, pension cuts and other economic reforms by Thursday, and come to a final agreement by Sunday or face bankruptcy and likely ouster from the euro...Read More

"Britain is not a state that is trying to search through everybody's emails and invade their privacy," [Prime Minister David Cameron] insisted. "We just want to ensure that terrorists do not have a safe space in which to communicate. That is the challenge, and it is a challenge that will come in front of the House. We have always been able, on the authority of the home secretary...Read More

"Britain is not a state that is trying to search through everybody's emails and invade their privacy," [Prime Minister David Cameron] insisted. "We just want to ensure that terrorists do not have a safe space in which to communicate. That is the challenge, and it is a challenge that will come in front of the House. We have always been able, on the authority of the home secretary...Read More

Following the Supreme Court decision mandating legal same-sex marriage nationwide, the New York Times tells us that, "gay rights leaders have turned their sights to what they see as the next big battle: obtaining federal, state and local legal protections in employment, housing, commerce and other arenas."In other words, the state will erect new barriers to freedom of choice in place of...Read More

Following the Supreme Court decision mandating legal same-sex marriage nationwide, the New York Times tells us that, "gay rights leaders have turned their sights to what they see as the next big battle: obtaining federal, state and local legal protections in employment, housing, commerce and other arenas."In other words, the state will erect new barriers to freedom of choice in place of...Read More