India based credit rating agency CRISIL believes that Tier-II and Tier-III towns in India will drive growth for the branded Gold jewellery retailers over the medium term. Around two-thirds of the new outlets that these retailers set up over the medium term will be in such small towns.

Read more : crude oil,natural gas,crude oil price,japan oil,libya oil Speculators now look to Japan for trends in global energy prices as the country has become a huge impact in international crude and gas prices. Japan has been boosting its consumption

Gold creates another history, breaks $1600 mark Read more : gold futures,comex,etf,spot gold,record price LONDON (Commodity Online) : Gold prices Monday created history by breaking the coveted $1600 an ounce barrier in early European trade as debt crisis

Lead gained 45 paise/kg to close at 120.50, the outlook still positive on strong Chinese demand. Though consumption of the metal has been slow in US and Europe, rising car ownership in China is helping trade.

Crude Steel production in Iran almost doubled to 20 million tons in the five years period from 2005 to 2010.

MUMBAI, India (Commodity Online): India's most prominent Gold street has been hit by bombs. Three bombs rocked the gold and diamond hubs of Mumbai, India's sprawling commercial capital on Wednesday killing 21 and injuring around 100 people. A little

LME non-ferrous trading climbs 16 per cent in H1, 2011 Read more : non-ferrous metals,ferrous metals,lme,commodity derivatives LONDON (Commodity Online): Non-ferrous trading registered a growth of 16% in volumes at London Metal Exchange (LME) t with 68.6

Platinum, palladium to resume uptrend soon Commerzbank looks for Platinum to rise into year-end. These markets “tightened considerably” last year due to a rebound in demand following the recession-related weakness of the previous year. “The

Brazil is the ninth-largest energy consumer in the world. Total primary energy consumption has increased strongly over the past decade, rising by more than 40%, supported by a period of sustained economic growth.

The end of June marks the end of QE2. So what does that mean for the US economy? Is the dollar going up or down? Greece, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, they are all making quite a splash in the headlines today. Of course there are so many conflicts and wars going on, it is difficult at best to keep track of them all. So how do you protect yourself? Should I buy Silver now?

For the first time in Japan, a leading recycling firm announced a project to recover precious metals like gold, silver and copper from electronic devices. Nippon Magnetic Dressing Co it will extract rare and precious metals from cellphones, home appliances, cars and medical equipment for sale to metal smelters, reports asahi.com Image from Wikipedia.

Some pundits are yelling for investors to take profits in junior resource stocks now. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Richard (Rick) Mills, host of Ahead of the Herd online and editor of Ahead of the Herd newsletter, explains why $1,500 gold means investors should be cashing in, not cashing out.