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Thursday April 8, 2021 09:35AM

Mining, like real estate, is all about location, location, location. Some of the world's prime mining real estate is in Mexico's Sonora State, the precious metals equivalent of Toronto's Bridle Path, Vancouver's toney Shaughnessy Heights or Toronto’s Lawrence Park M4N postal code.

Tuesday March 30, 2021 08:01AM

The European Union (EU) is making a concerted push to electrify its auto industry as rapidly as possible. That drive has led to a parallel effort to localize its EV and lithium-ion battery supply chains.

Monday March 15, 2021 12:01PM

As recently reported in the Financial Post on January 28, 2021, journalist Peter Tertzakian writes an in-depth article entitled, "Another commodity super cycle is coming – this time driven by renewable energy and EVs."

Tuesday March 9, 2021 12:34PM

While many industries have learned to adapt to the economic plight that COVID has created for them, certain sectors have thrived from the changed business climate.

Monday March 8, 2021 10:00AM

Behind the notable surge of interest in EVs over the past few years is the building global consensus that green, emission-free solutions are needed to address climate change. It's an environment that just last month had General Motors publicly setting an aspirational goal to have its light-vehicle fleet be emission-free by 2035.

Tuesday February 23, 2021 11:49AM

Although gold has come back a ways from the mid-summer highs above USD$2,000/oz it hit in 2020, it continues to trade at elevated levels above USD$1,800/oz.

Thursday January 28, 2021 08:00AM

Say "Saskatchewan" and you're more likely to think of fields of golden wheat waving in the wind than the potential of substantial gold deposits beneath them waiting to be harvested.

Friday November 20, 2020 01:04PM

The race to combat climate change is on and a significant component of that effort is the increasing demand for electric vehicles (EVs). IEA's 2020 Global EV Outlook notes that by 2019, China alone accounted for 54 per cent (2.58 million units) of the global stock (4.79 million units) of battery electric vehicles (BEVs).

Thursday November 19, 2020 02:37PM

Monetary and fiscal stimulus in response to COVID-19 has created fertile ground for higher gold prices. The yellow metal has retreated a bit from the all-time highs that it hit in August, yet, it continues to trade at historically high levels.

Thursday November 19, 2020 08:00AM

The price of commodities falls during uncertain times, such as the COVID-19 pandemic that we find ourselves in the midst of.