Asia gold – lower prices, festive demand boost purchases in India, Singapore

Speculators are aiming to lock in 3 percentage points of profit by buying gold before April 1.

The frequency of TB among mineworkers is ten times higher than the level of a health emergency as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Says government held 'inappropriate closed door meetings with opponents' of the proposed mine.

Operator Turquoise Hill may need to ask lenders to extend financing for the $6.2 billion mine extension.

Chairman Ian Telfer says he’d rather quit the deal than overpay.

They want the government to ease a regulation that forces more than 70,000 miners to register their mining activities by April 19 or otherwise face sanctions, including jail.

But gold holdings represent only 1% of all financial assets.

The shuttering of huge copper and iron ore projects gives the Street the blues, but the resulting squeeze in supply can lead to explosive price hikes.

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