The biggest weekly slump in the global gold price led Beijing's gold stores to cut their prices for the first time this year. The price in Beijing declined by 10 yuan ($1.5) per gram on Sunday. This was the first cut, following six earlier ...
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Chinese gold imports from Hong Kong totaled 51 mt in August, down 15% from 59 mt a year earlier, data released by the Hong Kong Customs and Statistics showed Wednesday. The figure is down around 45% from 91 mt reported in July and is the ...
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Global gold demand totaled 1,290 mt in the first quarter, up 21% from 1,070 mt a year earlier, as the biggest quarterly inflow into exchange-traded funds since 2009 offset a steep decline in jewelry demand, the World Gold Council said in a ...
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The gold industry is not doing enough to combat debt and rising losses and not investing enough in exploration, Randgold CEO Mark Bristow said Tuesday. "A number of major companies in the industry today are simply not viable," Bristow ...
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Spot gold was trading at three-month lows Monday morning, below $1,100/oz on COMEX for the first time since August on a strong US dollar, boosted Friday by strong US jobs data. Data showed Friday 271,000 new jobs were created in the US in ...
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The 1970s is a decade that never seems to go out of style. This fall, the fashion runways in New York were full of fringe, suede and flares plus plenty of autumnal colors, and jewelry is following suit. Yellow gold is back in a ...
China's become the largest gold producer in the worldwide since 2007. Gold is throughout the country, mainly concentrated in Shandong, Henan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Yunnan, etc. China also is the world's top consumer of gold - Chinese people love ...
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The Shanghai Gold Exchange will try to start offering the renminbi-denominated gold-fixing price this year, as an alternative to the dollar-denominated gold-fixing in London, a top bourse official said on Wednesday. SGE head Xu Luode said ...
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Chinese gold demand declined 37% in last quarter year-to-year, as sales of gold bar, gold coin and ornament falls, according to the report released by World Gold Council. The report said that Chinese gold demand decreased to 182.7 t. The ...
Global Import Value Trend of Jewelry (HS: 71) from 2010 to 2012 The total import value of global jewelry increased year by year from 2010 to 2012, and the import value of 2012 amounted to 576.73 billion US dollars, with an increase of ...
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This year will likely be a year of consolidation for gold and silver prices, with the gold price possibly going as low as $1,100/oz, precious metals consultancy Metals Focus said Wednesday. "Following a poor 2013, this year's start ...
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The price of gold weakened on Monday after data showed a crimping of demand from top importer China. On the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, gold futures for June delivery fell through the psychologically important ...
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A lack of investment interest in gold is starting to take its toll on the price, with an average of $1,225/oz forecast for 2014 and heading lower in 2015, GFMS said Thursday in its Gold Survey 2014. The price forecast is 13% lower than ...
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The rally in the gold price lost some steam on Wednesday, after traders booked profits from the metal's strong showing in February and a stronger dollar curbed demand. In lunchtime trade on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile ...
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Market sentiment toward gold appears to be moving from outright bearish to "neutral/slightly positive" according to UBS Strategist Edel Tully in a note published late Wednesday. Tully raised her one-month forecast by $40 to $1,280/oz. ...
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