Soros Fund, which took a $263.7 million stake in Barrick Gold Corp. in the first quarter, cut its holdings in the world’s biggest producer of the metal by 94% in the ensuing three months.

Rising precious metal prices are expected to help bottom lines at the biggest miners.

Gold assets held in the world’s largest exchange-traded product backed by the metal tumbled by the most since June 2013.

Japanese investors are buying gold to store in Switzerland because of negative interest rates and fears the yen will depreciate as the government grapples with the heaviest public debt burden in the developed world.

Only six major projects to build new copper mines or expand existing operations will be completed by 2020.

So much for the run on cheap gold mines. Producers who were forced by slumping prices to unload assets last year are regaining leverage.

Delhi wants to open up mining of gems and precious metals and cut reliance on imports.

Hedge funds boosted their bets on price gains for bullion to an all-time high just two days before U.K. voters took to the polls and decided to leave the European Union, sending global markets roiling.

This chart shows that where gold goes, silver often follows.

The fuel has rallied 50% since February, when it plunged to the lowest since at least 2007.

“There’s a lot of bullish things going for zinc, copper, aluminum -- all the stuff used in durable goods"

A major Japanese electronics maker approached First Majestic Silver Corp. for the first time last month seeking to lock in future stock, a sign of supply concerns that could boost the metal’s price ninefold, according to the best-performing producer of the metal.