The People's Bank of China on Saturday called for the strengthening of real estate policy in light of sluggish economic growth over the past several years.
The deal includes a silver stream on the Esperanza project in Morelos, Mexico and royalties on the Fenn Gib South, Ronda and Northshore West exploration-stage projects in Ontario.
"With inflation close to being in line with expectations, gold prices were higher on fresh speculative buying ahead of the new year on bets that the bigger funds might move to the long side of gold."
An article in the British Medical Journal makes the environmental case for ending what the authors call an “outdated and potentially harmful” tradition.