Western Editor Matthew Keevil hosts a height-of-summer episode highlighted by a busy earning season. We dig into results from Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX), Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM;…
Matt and Lesley tease their big trip to the Yukon this week where they’ll be recording the podcast on-site in Dawson City! Discussion on Centerra Gold‘s (TSX: CG; US-OTC: CAGDF) US$1.1-billion…
VANCOUVER — Two years ago Flinders Resources (TSXV: FDR; US-OTC: FLNXF) was flying high as the “only Western producer of natural flake graphite” at its historic Woxna mine, 8 km northwest of the town…
U.S. stocks retreated, continuing the U.S. market’s worst-ever start to the calendar year, as oil prices tumbled and investors worried about the health of the Chinese economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2.2% to 15,988.08 and the…
VANCOUVER — The global rare earth element supply crisis in 2010 served as a “wake-up call” to businesses and governments, and future supply “poses supply security concerns,” according to a recent study commissioned…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index rallied during the trading sessions, gaining 3.97 points en route to a 702.85-point weekly close. Statistics Canada reported that the consumer price index gained 0.4% last month, after a 0.2% jump in…
U.S. stocks snapped a three-week losing streak to close the abbreviated trading week higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 161.03 points, or 0.9%, to finish at 17,672.60, while the S&P 500 Index moved up 32.4 points, or 1.6%, to…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index had a mixed week before closing down 9.39 points at 997.77 points. Mid-week gains were driven by rising precious metal and energy prices, while underwhelming global economic indicators triggered…
Investors turned jittery over the period, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 388 points to 16,065.67, the S&P 500 Index shedding 36 points to 1,841.13 and the Nasdaq Composite Index 87 points lower to 4,245.40.
Investors soured on U.S. equities over the holiday-shortened period, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 580 points to 15,879.11, the S&P 500 Index lost 51 points to 1,790.29 and the Nasdaq Composite Index was off 94 points to 4,128.17.
A last-minute deal to prevent a U.S. default — along with the reopening of government offices — sent the S&P 500 into record territory, helped by a growing consensus that Washington would not taper quantitative easing until at…
U.S. stocks closed the trading week in the green, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average adding 2.2%, or 328.46 points, to 15,464.30. The S&P 500 Index rose nearly 3%, or 48.3 points, to 1,680.19, and the Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index…
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