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

* U.S. dollar falls as Euro strengthens* Commodities rally supports Canadian, Australian dollars* Graphic: World FX rates in 2017 http://tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVhBy Tommy WilkesLONDON, Dec 27 (Reuters) - The dollar eased against a basket of currencies and fell against the euro on Wednesday in thin holiday trading, while a rally in commodity prices helped push the Canadian and Australian dollars to their h...Read More

The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.FUNDAMENTALS* Malaysian palm oil futures rose 2 percent on Tuesday, a second consecutive session of gains on stronger export demand and expectations of weaker production. POI/* U.S. soybean futures 0#S: rose about 1 percent on Tuesday, notching their second straight session of gains, as investo...Read More

Investing.com - Gold prices hit a three-week high on Tuesday, while the dollar showed little movement as trading volumes were expected remain subdued during the holiday season.Comex gold futures rose 0.28% to $1,282.30 a troy ounce by 4:18AM ET (9:18GMT) Tuesday, just off its intraday high of $1,283.50 which was its highest level since December 1.The dollar was little changed on Tuesday with Wall...Read More

* Spain's IBEX falls 1.1 pct* Euro slips* Spanish bond yields hit over 1-mth high* STOXX down 0.1 pct* Bitcoin falls more than 14 percentBy Ritvik CarvalhoLONDON, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Spanish stocks and the euro fell, while Spanish government bond yields hit their highest levels in over a month after Catalan separatists wanting to break away from Spain won a regional election.Separatist parties won...Read More

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. equities broke a two-session losing streak the day after Congress passed a sweeping tax bill, while Treasuries stopped a week-long slide as third-quarter economic growth was revised lower. The S&P 500 Index closed higher Thursday, buoyed by energy and financial stocks. While the U.S. GDP figure was trimmed on lower contributions from consumer spending and trade, the pace of...Read More

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks fluctuated while Treasury yields climbed to a nine-month peak as the Republican tax overhaul passed its final vote before going to President Donald Trump for his signature.The S&P 500 Index was little changed Wednesday, held back in part by slumping consumer and real estate shares, while the energy and telecom sectors rose. Core European bond yields followed Treasury...Read More

(The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.)* GRAPHIC: China's economy, trade: http://tmsnrt.rs/2iO9Q6aBy Clyde RussellLAUNCESTON, Australia, Dec 20 (Reuters) - China strode like a colossus over major commodity markets in 2017, as the world's biggest buyer of natural resources made its presence felt on demand for coal, iron ore, crude oil and liquefied natural ga...Read More

* Apple leads Wall St lower as tax-bill vote looms* Dollar regains footing on data* Gold holds firm as dollar wilts* U.S. yields rise on housing starts data before tax bill decision (Updates with open of U.S. markets; changes byline, dateline; previous LONDON)By Laila KearneyNEW YORK, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Global stock markets fell on Tuesday, with investors taking profits after recent highs in the t...Read More

* Europe opens mixed after best day for world stocks in 6 months* Wall St propelled to record highs on tax bill hopes* Dollar treads water, currencies less sanguine about tax impact* Rand rally eases after best two days since 2008 global crisis* Gold on first 3-day winning streak since October* Industrial metals fall after 4-day rally in copper, nickelBy Marc JonesLONDON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - World...Read More

Investing.com - Gold inched higher on Friday, with prices tallying their first weekly gain in a month amid expectations the Federal Reserve will maintain a slower pace of interest rate hikes next year.Gold futures for February delivery tacked on 80 cents, or around 0.1%, to settle at $1,257.90 on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange.For the week, the precious metal gained about 0...Read More

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks shot to new highs after Republican leaders said they’ll release the final version of the tax overhaul bill Friday evening. The dollar gained as investors assessed messages from the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank meetings this week.All major equity gauges spiked higher earlier in the session, after fence-sitting Senator Marco Rubio said he’d support...Read More

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. equities turned lower with the dollar as investors try to assess the tax overhaul package with leaders in the Senate and House of Representatives aiming to finalize compromise legislation and hold floor votes next week. The euro retreated with the European Central Bank remaining cautious about the prospects of reaching its inflation goals.The S&P 500 Index climbed at the op...Read More

(Bloomberg) -- Mark Schmehl flouts Warren Buffett, thinks valuation is overrated and says most other rules of investing are “total baloney.”The portfolio manager, who just completed Fidelity Investments’ most successful Canadian fund launch ever, eschews investing obsessions such as earnings, cash flow and price-earnings ratios and invests at the extremes of the market instead, i...Read More

* Graphic: World FX rates in 2017 http://tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh* European shares dip* Dollar nurses losses after Fed decision* Pound slips after BoE keeps rates on hold* Euro steady after ECB keeps rates on hold* Stronger than expected German, euro zone PMIsBy Ritvik CarvalhoLONDON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - World shares eked out modest gains on Thursday as cautious comments on inflation from the U.S. Federal...Read More

* Graphic: World FX rates in 2017 http://tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh* European shares dip* Dollar nurses losses after Fed decision* Pound, euro, await BoE, ECB* Stronger than expected German, euro zone PMIsBy Ritvik CarvalhoLONDON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - European shares and the euro dipped on Thursday as cautious comments on inflation from the U.S. Federal Reserve gave investors pause before a series of central...Read More

* Dollar weakens broadly after Fed forecast 2 more hikes in 2018* Fed upbeat on economy; notch up 2019, 2020 forecast* Oil at 6-week high on U.S. inventory, Iran nuke deal worriesBy Hideyuki SanoTOKYO, March 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar was on the defensive on Thursday after posting its largest loss in two months when the Federal Reserve turned out to be less hawkish than anticipated.Worries abo...Read More

Main ConclusionsBritish Columbia's NDP government recently announced a series of new policies intended to lay the foundation for "universal", government-subsidized, $10-per-day daycare across the province.This major policy intervention seems unnecessary as there does not appear to be a wide -spread lack of daycare spots in British Columbia: as of 2016, the province-wide average daycare vacancy rat...Read More

With his stock in freefall, First Quantum Minerals Ltd. chief executive Philip Pascall hopped on a hastily arranged conference call Wednesday morning to soothe investors about a surprise US$7.9 billion tax bill that Zambian authorities sent this week.Pascall rejected the US$7.9 billion figure - more than two-thirds of the company's US$9.5 billion market capitalization. Still, Vancouver-based First...Read More

First Quantum Minerals Ltd. is hoping to talk its way out of a US$7.9 billion tax assessment in Zambia. Investors aren’t so sure, with shares down 17 per cent in the two days since news of the claim emerged.The Vancouver-based miner “completely refutes” the claim and doesn’t understand the authorities’ assessment, chief executive Philip Pascall said on a conference ca...Read More

Climate change giveth, and climate change taketh away — that is, if you can attribute anything to climate change.Last December, Toronto-based Centerra Gold Inc. shut down the mill at its Mount Milligan mine in British Columbia after anemic snowmelt runoff and an unexpected extreme cold snap froze the shallow supply of water in its tailing ponds. On Friday, the company announced that same mil...Read More