Apple says it has told suppliers to stop buying minerals from Congo
Apple's statement came in response to a criminal complaint filed earlier in the day against the company in France and Belgium.
Mining Weekly reports: The gold price, which set a record above $1 430/oz in December before settling back to the current $1 380-odd, is probably in the “early stages of a bubble”, but the momentum continues to be to the upside, GFMS chairman Philip Klapwijk said on Thursday.
