Precious Metals

Gold price seen as still high despite big fall

21 May 2013

While falling gold prices have sent a flood of Chinese housewives to Causeway Bay jewellery shops to hunt for bargains, Singapore's top investment official has warned that the precious metal still...

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Plunge in gold price puts a bad idea out of its misery

20 May 2013

It looks as if the 20 per cent fall in the price of gold over the past six months has put the Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange out of its misery.

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Gold falls as Soros and BlackRock cut investments

17 May 2013

Gold dropped to the lowest in almost a month as filings showed that George Soros and BlackRock cut holdings of bullion-backed exchange-traded products, adding to signs that investment demand is...

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Chinese mothers beat Wall Street to force gold price rebound

3 May 2013

Taking advantage of the steepest drop in three decades, Chinese mothers have shored up prices by splashing out on gold for their daughters' weddings in the past couple of weeks, foiling the plan...

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Gold drops after fund holdings fall

2 May 2013

The price of gold fell more than 2 per cent yesterday, set for its biggest daily drop since the metal's historic decline in mid-April, hit by a commodities sell-off and uncertainty ahead of a...

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Gold rush sparks run on American Eagle coin

25 Apr 2013

The US Mint ran out of its smallest American Eagle gold coin after demand surged following the biggest drop in futures in three decades.

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

1:26AM

Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

4:40AM

Supporters of the gold standard are usually set in their ways

News flash: recent declines in the price of gold, which is off about 17 per cent from its peak, show that this price can go down as well as up. You may consider this an obvious point, but it has...

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Silver expected to outshine gold

Silver is expected to appreciate more than gold this year but traders warn investors may risk getting burned because of the high volatility in the thinly traded metal.

3:56AM

The Week Explained: Lessons learned from 2012

It has been a turbulent year for investors, but there are lessons to be gleaned from it. Here's a sample of what 2012 has taught us.

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Bank of Korea raises gold holdings as central banks boost buying

The Bank of Korea increased gold reserves 20 per cent last month to diversify investments, boosting holdings for the fourth time since June 2011 and underscoring increased demand for the metal by...

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PRECIOUS METALS

Price of gold tipped to remain high

Gold prices will likely stay high next year as mine-supply is tipped to be restrained, demand is expected to pick up in India and the mainland and central bank buying will remain robust, according...

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End child labour in gold mines

In Tanzania, I met "Julius", a boy of about 13, who works in an artisanal gold mine. He told me he digs ore in pits more than 15 metres deep and mixes toxic mercury with ground ore to retrieve the...

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