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Here’s why bitcoin won’t replace gold so easily

Lately I’ve been seeing more and more headlines asking whether cryptos are “killing” gold. Would the gold price be higher today if massive amounts of money weren’t flowing into bitcoin?

Frank Holmes - U.S. Global Investors | October 10, 2017 | 11:36 am

LME to expand trading around gold and silver reference prices

The LME expects three more clearing members to join its precious metals contracts by year-end.

Reuters | October 10, 2017 | 10:44 am

Elliott tours BHP investors in renewed push for radical shake-up – sources

Representatives from Elliott have in the last month met with major BHP investors based in London, South Africa and Australia to lay out the activist fund's arguments for an overhaul of the miner.

Reuters | October 10, 2017 | 7:08 am

Iron ore dangerously close to $60 a tonne

Ongoing concerns that looming steel production cuts in China on environmental grounds will sap steel mill demand continue to weigh on prices.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 10, 2017 | 7:02 am

Key permit granted to McEwen’s Gold Bar project in Nevada

Company expects the full permitting process to be completed by December.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 10, 2017 | 5:02 am

Move over gold, diamonds may become one of the greatest safe-havens

The Singapore Diamond Investment Exchange (SDIX) has launched a new investment-grade, standardized diamond product to rival gold as a safe-haven asset.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 10, 2017 | 3:59 am

Australia state kills plan to hike gold mining tax over job fears

Proposal sought to raise hundreds of million of dollars in additional taxes on gold mining, but industry warned the step would spark job losses.

Reuters | October 10, 2017 | 2:17 am

India’s Sept gold imports jump 31 pct on festive demand — GFMS

Higher purchases by India, the world's second-biggest consumer, could lend support to global prices that are trading near their highest level in a week.

Reuters | October 10, 2017 | 1:00 am

Mercury from the northern hemisphere reaches Australia

By tracing the air backwards in time, the scientists found that high-mercury air travelled over the Indonesian archipelago before arriving in Australia.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 9, 2017 | 12:04 pm

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