August 15, 2013

The sweat of the sun, the breath of god: Gold through the centuries

Gold was the ultimate guarantee of national survival.

August 15, 2013

Insights into gold demand trends Q1 2013

The Indian market continues to be the largest in terms of gold demand.

August 14, 2013

Shanghai surprise

China now has four of the world’s ten biggest banks.

August 14, 2013

Silver reaches two-month high, outperforms gold

Sixth straight session of gains.

August 14, 2013

Citic Pacific’s Aussie iron-ore mine delayed again as profit drops 19 percent

Project delayed three years and over budget at least three times its original estimate.

August 14, 2013

Gold’s drop destroying livelihoods

Rising unemployment in developing mining towns.

August 13, 2013

The Shanghai fix: Chinese gold dealers manipulated prices for years

Five retailers were fined $1.63 million, equivalent to 1% of 2012 sales.

August 13, 2013

Electric transportation could jump-start rare earth markets: Patrick Wong

Hybrid and electrical cars are on the cusp of overtaking standard automobiles. And when they do, the rare earth markets will take off.

August 13, 2013

Enough already, look to buy Newmont, Barrick, Iamgold and Freeport: Marc Faber

"The S&P 500 is up only 10% since October 2007 while gold is still up 75% over the same period of time."

August 12, 2013

Indian gold purchasing spree continues

Imports increase in July.