Compilation and provision of trade and business price and statistical information; Compiling and analyzing statistics, data and other sources of information for business purposes; Providing industry information relating to the precious metals trading industry; Providing an on-line searchable database featuring business information and business contacts; Providing commercial information updates online and over a global computer network in the fields of business, commerce, and industry; Providing business information, namely, commercial corporate and statistical information provided on-line from a computer database or the Internet; Business services, namely, providing online information in relation to resource planning for the mining and resource industry, mine planning, equipment scheduling, maintenance scheduling, finance modeling, production scheduling, materials management, quality management, human resources management and project management; Providing a web site whereby buyers of goods or services locate and receive quotations from multiple competitive sources and sellers of goods or services identify and bid on multiple new sales opportunities; Providing business information via a web site; Providing a website featuring an online marketplace for exchanging goods and services with other users