Gold price nears two-week high on inflation policy bets

Where miners and juniors hang their hats.

"We have not seen this kind of growth since before the global financial crisis."

A South African businessman now living in Canada wants to sell a unique collection of solid gold items intimately associated to Nelson Mandela, which he bought for about $360,000 in 2003.

Gold prices rose on Friday, putting them on course for a near 2 percent weekly gain, in anticipation of a further dip in the U.S. dollar.

Conflicting comments about the US dollar.

The company beat expectations on Thursday with a 5% increase in 2017 production.

The world's second-largest copper miner by production also said talks with Indonesia re Grasberg were advancing.

For South African gold miners, it’s both the best and worst of times.

The world's largest mining and construction equipment maker beat market expectations for fourth quarter earnings and said its sales growth momentum is expected to continue in 2018.