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

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

We stand at a pivotal moment for the metals that will be essential to the energy transition. Metals-intensive low-carbon electrification remains a significant demand driver for transition metals, but geopolitical tensions and a challenging fiscal environment mean net-zero policies are being rolled back.For copper, EV and grid-related growth will boost long-term demand, but short-term supply-demand...Read More

Both nickel and copper possess properties that give them a central role in the drive for a greener future. While demand from existing use cases will continue to grow steadily, electric vehicle (EV) and energy storage applications will underpin a huge increase in long-term demand.At the recent Future Facing Mined Commodities Forum, we looked at the importance of these two metals for the energy tran...Read More

The copper market is on the brink of transformation, driven by increasing demand for copper-intensive technologies and the urgent need for sustainable practices across the metals and mining industry.Our interactive copper infographic offers a comprehensive overview of the future of the copper market, detailing the key trends and projections that will shape the industry through 2034.Fill out the fo...Read More

Comstock Resources today tightened its grip on the Haynesville basin with a US$2.2 billion cash-and-stock deal to buy privately-held Covey Park.Robert Clarke, director, US Lower 48, at global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie, said: “The deal creates a Haynesville leader with the pro-forma company having access to the three best parts of the play: Caspiana Core in Louisiana, the S...Read More

Sunrun has agreed to acquire Vivint Solar in an all-stock transaction. The deal is valued at $3.2 billion including debt.Commenting on the deal, Ravi Manghani, Wood Mackenzie Research Director, said: "Per Wood Mackenzie’s US PV Leaderboard, Sunrun and Vivint have been the #1 and #2 residential solar companies in the US for the past few years. Sunrun holds about 9% of the market share and Viv...Read More

Commenting on the news that offshore driller Ensco will buy Rowan in a $2.38 billion deal, Leslie Cook, principal analyst, Wood Mackenzie, said: "As we have been saying for the past two years, consolidation among drillers is paramount to a recovery. In that respect, this announcement comes as no surprise."Ensco and Rowan are companies that have strong brand recognition in both the jack-up and floa...Read More

For details on how your data is used and stored, see our Privacy Notice. It’s a little over a year since the US Inflation Reduction Act was passed into law. Solar was one of the main beneficiaries, thanks to an extension and expansion of the tax credits available to the industry. So why has the sector fallen out of favour with investors recently?August was a difficult month for the...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

On Thursday May 8th, President Trump told Americans, "you better go out and buy stocks now. This country is going to be like a rocket ship."This morning, right on cue, stocks raced higher in reaction to the new trade deal between the U.S. and China.The Nasdaq jumped 3.5% in trading early Monday, while the S&P 500 moved higher by 2.6%. These moves pushed American indexes back above the level th...Read More

We started 2025 reporting how Canadian insiders were signalling generational opportunities in mining. In our latest On the Edge, Ted Dixon makes the case that Canadian investors have been handed double-barreled opportunity heading into the summer.Thirty-eight oil patch CEOs are pushing for radical change in Canada and insiders continue to be bullish even after they heavily bought the April pullba...Read More

Dolly Varden Silver Corp. (DV:TSX.V; DVS:NYSEA; DVQ:FSE) adds to its portfolio a past-producing project with 2,350 meters of untested potential, noted a Raymond James report.Dolly Varden Silver Corp. (DV:TSX.V; DVS:NYSEA; DVQ:FSE) is acquiring the Porter project, 35 kilometers (35 km) northwest of Kitsault Valley, from StrikePoint Gold Inc. (SKP:TSX.V; STKXF:OTCQB) for US$1.1 million (US$1.1M) in...Read More

Dolly Varden Silver Corp. (DV:TSX.V; DVS:NYSEA; DVQ:FSE), cashed up with CA$30 million, intends to test several target areas at its Kitsault Valley project in the Golden Triangle, noted a Raymond James report.Dolly Varden Silver Corp. (DV:TSX.V; DVS:NYSEA; DVQ:FSE) will launch a 2025, four-rig drill program at its Kitsault Valley silver-gold project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle in the mid...Read More

Pan American Silver Corp. (PAAS:TSX; PAAS:NASDAQ) announces a definitive agreement to buy Tier 1 silver producer MAG Silver Corp. for US$2.1 billion. Read what is in the deal for shareholders of both companies.MAG Silver Corp.'s (MAG:TSX; MAG:NYSE American) stock rose more than 7% on Monday after it announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Pan American Silver Corp. (P...Read More

art overall results in this first quarter are solid, "reflecting a strong start to the year," noted a TD Cowen report.MAG Silver Corp.'s (MAG:TSX; MAG:NYSE American) Q1/25 financial results were ahead of consensus and notable for lower-than-expected operating costs, reported TD Cowen Analyst Wayne Lam in a May 8 research note.As a result, Lam wrote, "We expect a positive reaction from MAG shares."...Read More

Rick Mills of Ahead of the Herd once again interviews Bob Moriarty of 321Gold, speaking about current events and commodities, as well as sharing some investment ideas.Below is an interview by Rick Mills, the editor and publisher of Ahead of the Herd, with Bob Moriarty of 321 Gold.Rick Mills (RM): When we started talking about putting this talk together, our fifth talk, you wanted to talk about com...Read More

They suggest West Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd. (WRLG:TSX.V; WRLGF:OTCQB; FRA:UJO) "is poised for success" as it restarts its Madsen mine in Q2/25, noted a Red Cloud Securities report.West Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd.'s (WRLG:TSX.V; WRLGF:OTCQB; FRA:UJO) bulk sampling program at its Madsen project in Ontario, Canada's Red Lake District reconciled with projections to a high degree, reported Taylor Combaluzi...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