Canadian mining sector employs more workers than we thought

Last week large scale gold futures speculators pushed bullish bets to just under 750 tonnes, the highest since gold peaked at $1,900 an ounce August 2011.

Bob Moriarty explains why precious metals investors may want to look beyond gold to a commodity with a long history and an interesting relationship to the yellow metal.

The higher gold prices go the more consumers will step down to silver, more so if they think silver’s price will rise substantially.

Decision follows the West African country order to expatriates whose work permits were invalid to stop working.

Precious metal expert Michael Ballanger breaks down the gold price roller coaster surrounding the Fed's decision not to raise interest rates.

Vancouver-based Nevsun sweetened the deal for Reservoir shareholders with a $75 million cash payment just before the vote.

With construction expected to start in 2018, the US$669-million Fruta del Norte project could finally begin production before the end of the decade.

Investors in physically-backed gold ETFs who kept buying all through May as futures speculators dumped positions were vindicated on Thursday.

Gold vaults $1,300 an ounce as inflation, dollar, stock market and geopolitical fears mount and interest rate around the world move into negative territory.