Altiplano gets creative amid low copper prices

The dictator's assets, which by some accounts could top $80 billion, are stashed in bank accounts and vaults around the world.

Barring state-run firms from importing gold and making the metal less attractive as an inflation hedge also being considered.

Indonesia orders all production stopped at Freeport mine until an independent investigation – which is expected to take two months – is completed.

Vice president Rodney Stuparyk said the road to the mine has been reopened and power – cut by protesters earlier in the week – has been restored.

The new technology is similar to over-the-counter pregnancy tests.

The secretary-general of the China Gold Association reckons the kind of frenzied gold buying in late April and early May won't be repeated.

Country's mining minister said it would increase its output from 42 tonnes last year.

Zimbabwe's law allow ministers to pass regulations that do not need to be approved by Parliament first, but within two months the Parliamentary Legal Committee has to make a ruling on their constitutionality.

92 arrested, at least 50 injured and thousands still protesting.