Mali expects 14% drop in industrial gold production

Federal Police have joined the government's biodiversity conservation agency ICMBio on a series of recent operations to catch illegal gold miners.

India wants to meet domestic demand and rein in prices.

Gold prices have been setting annual records for the past three years.

Mine closures and disruptions tightened the supply outlook.

Japan's crude steel output is forecast to rise 1.7% year-on-year in the first three months of 2024 because of healthy demand from automakers.

Cochilco's new figure is less than the $73.65 billion estimated in its previous 10-year forecast released in 2022.

The US extended its claims on the ocean floor by an area twice the size of California.

Domestic suppliers can provide protection in two primary ways.

A new executive order gives Washington the ability to ban products originating in Russia but processed in third countries, such as diamonds.