CloseGain/LossGold $1317.60-$1.00Silver$16.39-$0.03XAU78.27-0.89%HUI171.87-0.69%GDM597.17-1.04%JSE Gold1068.95-14.91USD90.63+0.23Euro122.00-0.33Yen93.83+0.56Oil$61.64-$1.3710-Year2.862%-0.039T-Bond144.50+0.9375Dow25029.20-1.50%Nasdaq7273.01-0.78%S&P2713.83-1.11%  The Metals: Gold chopped in a relatively tight range of $1322.40 to $1316.00 and ended with a loss of just 0.08...Read More

"Community capitalism" is the term used here to describe a politico-economic system in which a First Nation uses its assets (land, location, natural resources, and money) to generate income and provide social services for its members. The Fort McKay First Nation (FMFN) furnishes an important case study of community capitalism. As a result of its remarkable success, its characteristic features stan...Read More

 CloseGain/LossGold $1315.30-$2.30Silver$16.49+$0.10XAU78.93+0.85%HUI173.26+0.81%GDM601.82+0.78%JSE Gold1066.31-2.64USD90.27-0.36Euro122.66+0.66Yen94.24+0.41Oil$60.99-$0.6510-Year2.807%-0.055T-Bond145.3125+0.875Dow24608.98-1.68%Nasdaq7180.56-1.27%S&P2677.67-1.33%  The Metals: Gold fell $14.80 to $1302.80 in midmorning New York trade, but it then shot back higher in afternoo...Read More

Shares in Lithium X Energy Corp. plunged Thursday morning,  just days before the company is set to be acquired at a huge premium by a consortium of Chinese investors, suggesting market skepticism the deal will be completed. The Vancouver-based company traded as low as $1.77 per share, before recovering to close at $2.21, up four per cent on the day. The buyout deal, which would pay share...Read More

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States would impose tariffs of 25 per cent on steel imports and 10 per cent on imported aluminum next week.At a meeting with U.S. industry officials at the White House, Trump vowed to rebuild American steel and aluminum industries, saying they had been treated unfairly by other countries for decades.The move is likely to in...Read More

One Friday afternoon not so many months ago, Canadian billionaire Eric Sprott was sitting in a leather wingback chair in a dimly lit room, talking about a junior mining company that he just can’t stop investing in.The company, Garibaldi Resources Corp., is in the earliest stages of exploring for nickel in British Columbia’s Golden Triangle, an area that has been relentlessly explored a...Read More

The aluminum and steel industry, which affects businesses from beer to cars, reacted to the prospect of steep U.S. tariffs. President Donald Trump is expected to make the announcement on Thursday, and the move could have far-reaching effects. It may benefit U.S. steel producers, but also raises the possibility of retaliation from other countries and higher costs for American shoppers.AK Steel and...Read More

 CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold $1321.90+$6.60-0.56%Silver$16.51+$0.02-0.06%XAU78.75-0.23%-2.21%HUI172.99-0.16%-2.11%GDM601.93+0.02%-1.94%JSE Gold1107.57+41.26+1.65%USD89.94-0.33+0.02%Euro123.28+0.62+0.24%Yen94.66+0.42+0.95%Oil$61.25+$0.26-3.62%10-Year2.860%+0.053-0.24%Bond144.3125-1.03125+0.13%Dow24538.06-0.29%-3.05%Nasdaq7257.87+1.08%-1.08%S&P2691.25+0.51%-2.04%  The Metals: G...Read More

 CloseGain/LossGold $1319.60-$2.30Silver$16.43-$0.08XAU79.10+0.44%HUI174.35+0.78%GDM603.42+0.25%JSE Gold1108.17+0.60USD90.00+0.06Euro123.36+0.08Yen94.25-0.41Oil$62.57+$1.3210-Year2.884%+0.024T-Bond143.96875-0.46875Dow24874.76+1.37%Nasdaq7330.70+1.00%S&P2720.94+1.10%  The Metals: Gold gained $5.80 to $1327.70 in Asia before it dropped back to $1317.40 by midafternoon in New...Read More

Speaking in front of a crowd of several hundred people in downtown Toronto’s convention centre on Sunday, noted investor Rick Rule sounded a bullish note about mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo.The central African country has been riven by horrific violence, said Rule, chief executive of Sprott U.S. Holdings Inc., but it holds vast deposits of high-grade copper, cobalt and other min...Read More

Financial Post’s mining reporter Gabriel Friedman touches base at PDAC with Wheaton Precious Metals CEO Randy Smallwood, and discusses the outlook for gold, other metals, and cryptocurrencies.Read More

Financial Post’s mining reporter Gabriel Friedman talks at PDAC 2018 with Goldcorp COO Todd White about the company’s investment in North America, and its recent project in the Yukon.Read More

Canada will take the harshest blows if U.S. President Donald Trump slaps heavy tariffs on foreign imports of steel and aluminum, but any temptation to suspend NAFTA talks in retaliation should be avoided, Canada’s former chief negotiator on the trade agreement said Friday.Putting the NAFTA negotiations on hold pending a resolution of the dispute over steel tariffs would give the U.S. an excu...Read More

 CloseGain/LossGold $1333.70+$14.10Silver$16.74+$0.31XAU80.80+2.15%HUI177.86+2.01%GDM615.99+2.08%JSE Gold1140.09+31.92USD89.62-0.38Euro124.10+0.74Yen94.26+0.01Oil$62.60+$0.0310-Year2.884%UNCHT-Bond144.1875+0.0625Dow24884.12+0.04%Nasdaq7372.01+0.56%S&P2728.12+0.26%  The Metals: Gold gained $18.90 to as high as $1338.50 in late morning New York trade before it edged back lowe...Read More

TORONTO — While not the premium liquor and prime rib parties of old, miners are laying on the cocktails again after several lean years, booking hotel lounges and nightclubs to twin drinks with deal making.An upbeat tone at the world’s biggest mining conference comes as global exploration spending snaps a four-year decline, underpinned by a rebound in metals prices and strong global eco...Read More

 CloseGain/LossGold $1325.20-$8.50Silver$16.48-$0.26XAU78.79-2.48%HUI173.41-2.50%GDM605.87-1.64%JSE Gold1138.24-1.85USD89.58-0.04Euro124.13+0.03Yen94.35+0.09Oil$61.15-$1.4510-Year2.882%-0.002T-Bond144.125-0.28125Dow24801.36-0.33%Nasdaq7396.65+0.33%S&P2726.80-0.05%  The Metals: Gold fell $10.90 to $1322.80 in early afternoon New York trade before it edged back higher into th...Read More

On Tuesday morning, Chris Haldane, of Marathon Gold Corp., was looking at the price of gold and looking at his stock price: Gold had climbed US$17 per ounce, but the company stock was barely moving."It just seems like the junior gold space has gone into a pause mode," said Haldane, who handles investor relations for Marathon, and had just issued a press release touting positive drill results for i...Read More

Economic freedom, the ability of individuals to make their own economic decisions, is key to economic and social progress. Hundreds of academic studies have shown that economic freedom leads to higher rates of economic growth, higher levels of income, increased trust and honesty in government, protection of civil liberties, reductions in poverty, and improvements in health and educational outcomes...Read More

 CloseGain/LossGold $1322.10-$3.10Silver$16.48UNCHXAU78.97+0.23%HUI173.54+0.07%GDM605.40-0.08%JSE Gold1120.34-17.90USD90.13+0.55Euro123.15-0.98Yen94.15-0.20Oil$60.12-$1.0510-Year2.860%-0.022T-Bond144.6875+0.5625Dow24895.21+0.38%Nasdaq7427.95+0.42%S&P2738.97+0.45%  The Metals: Gold fell $6.10 to $1319.10 in late morning New York trade before it bounced back higher into the c...Read More

The idea of selling mattresses online has remained largely ignored for decades, which is not really surprising. If you think about it, shipping these bulky and huge beddings seem like a ridiculous idea with how unwieldy they are. It's not like you can just squish them into a box, ship them off and be done with it. Traditionally, to get mattresses delivered, you'll need to have burly guys carry the...Read More