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These four factors will boost gold demand in 2018 — WGC

Synchronised global economic growth, shrinking central bank balance sheets, rising interest rates, insubstantial asset prices and market transparency are the trends to watch this year, the World Gold Council said.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 16, 2018 | 6:52 am

China imported a record amount of iron ore in 2017

Hunger for high-quality iron ore from Australia and Brazil pushed Chinese imports of the steelmaking ingredient to a record high in 2017.

Andrew Topf | January 14, 2018 | 6:05 pm

Gold gains $21 in 3 days on T-bond selloff

Gold enjoyed a nice lift late last week as the yellow metal cruised to $1,337.40 at the close of trading Friday in New York.

Andrew Topf | January 14, 2018 | 5:21 pm

Zinc price hits fresh decade high

“From the macro point of view, this is not an environment where you’d want to be shorting metals.”

Frik Els | January 12, 2018 | 2:01 pm

World seaborne coal trade rose 1.5 pct in 2017 – German importers

This rise happened due to a recovery in output in producer countries such as the United States, Russia and China and an accompanying rise in export activity.

Reuters | January 12, 2018 | 1:09 pm

How China is locking up critical resources in the US’s own backyard

China’s global resource grab, and the ramifications for the rest of the world, are on my radar screen. Are they on yours? If not, maybe they should be.

rickmills | January 12, 2018 | 12:16 pm