The panic around the coronavirus has ignited the demand for gold and the disruption in the global supply chains is making gold harder to get to. Refineries and mines are being shut down, commercial flights are few and far...
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Covid-19 pandemic travel curfews are impacting mining team’s ability to reach their mines and while this is setting off alarm bells for some economists, there are several outcomes for mining companies and they are not all bad.
The shortage of...
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When Saudi Arabia tried but failed to push the US shale producers out of business in 2015/16, it only served to prove what many had suspected, that both Russia and Saudi were no longer the only kingmakers in the...
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The rapidly
spreading coronavirus outbreak has hit oil prices in the last week as concerns have
risen over a global economic slowdown and a reduction in demand, but our
mid-run forecast of US $55-65 bbl for Brent Crude remains intact. Here’s why:...
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Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) as defined by the OECD Due Diligence Guidelines, is a “formal or informal mining operations with predominantly simplified forms of exploration, extraction, processing and transportation. ASM is normally low capital intensive and uses high...
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In part I of this blog https://acfequityresearch.com/decoupling-of-gdp-and-energy-growth/ We discussed some of the fundamental changes in macro-economic relationships happening now and revolving around energy and GDP growth.
In part II we consider some of the implications for extractives (basic resources –...
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In the analysis below ACF takes a short form look at the data within the most recent McKinsey Quarterly report and overlays some of its own interpretation.
When I try to reduce the whole of economics to one idea to...
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Is biomining the future? As global demand for minerals continues to rise, how can we maximize extraction from deposits with low grades? And is it possible to do so in a way that’s economically viable? Is there a way...
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