Does the ‘Ring Test’ work for silver?

Silver prices are expected to continue the bull run which began in October 2008 while copper prices are riding high on falling inventories in LME […]

Spot platinum and palladium prices have been able to stay in positive territory after a decline in U.S. non farm payrolls was not as great as feared although the resulting pressure on gold has limited the upside in the platinum group metals. […]

India also reported a GDP growth of 8.8 per cent this week driven by the manufacturing sector s growth. This is also good news for base metals especially copper. Copper accumulated gains of 2% this week to peak to four month highs of $7 585 cheered by Chinese manufacturing data. LME copper inventories narrowed 1 575 tonnes to 398 525 tonnes. […]

MF Global remains cautious about the short term outlook in base metals despite Wednesday s gains that came after a strong ISM manufacturing survey. […]

Singapore Mercantile Exchange is a pan Asian multi product commodity and currency derivatives exchange situated in Singapore. It offers a comprehensive platform for trading a diversified basket of commodities including futures and options contracts on precious metals base metals agriculture commodities energy currencies and indices. […]

Gold is only a few dollars below the record daily high close ($1 258 oz)and record inter day high now ($1 265 oz) but it is important to remember that these record highs are nominal highs and gold remains nearly half the more important record inflation adjusted high of $2 400 oz. Gold is now up 14% so far in 2010 and looks set to have the 10th year of gradua […]

However another nation which is trying to cash in on the gold rush is India now. While moves are afoot to revive state owned Bharat Gold Mines (BGML) which was closed since 2001 Deccan Gold Mines the country s only listed private gold miner is also stepping on the gas to start gold production. […]

Oil and gold prices closed lower again for a third straight week as number of market trends turned against these hot commodities towards the end. […]

Gold prices were mixed in Asian trade Friday ahead of a key US jobs data while ETF gold eased. […]

Kinross Gold Corp. anticipates that future gold discoveries at the Tasiast mine in the African nation of Mauritania could be even greater than many analysts expect providing motivation for its proposed friendly takeover of Red Back Mining Inc. says Kinross' chief executive. […]

Total gold production in the quarter ended June 30 2010 amounted to 49 444 5 kg. However total gold output was up 12 6% on the 43 927 8 kg produced in the first quarter of this year. Production by members of the CoM fell by 3 4% year on year to 41 219 7 kg between April and June. […]

Gold retail purchases in the UAE dropped by nearly 15 percent during August as it coincides with Muslim holy month of Ramadan. […]