Gold bounces back on weak dollar, Goldman’s brighter forecast

The more things change, the more they stay the same

China gains despite global contraction

STOXX 600 European basic resources index gains1.4% on signs that growth is picking up in China

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The nation’s gold output between January and October was of 323 tonnes, 11% more than in the same period last year.

Gold miner Randgold Resources (NASDAQ:GOLD, LON:RRS)) cut its production guidance for its Tongon mine in Ivory Coast after a fire in the mill section of a plant.

Venezuela has its eye on becoming a major minerals producer, though its capacity to do so is in question, according to Maplecroft's principal Latin America analyst James Lockhart-Smith.

Groundwater leaks from shore into the ocean floor itself and experts are trying to figure out the implications of this for the supply of fresh water on land and aquatic life.

Despite the recent drops in gold prices, David Rosenberg, the chief economist and strategist at Gluskin Sheff and former Chief North American Economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, is bullish about the precious metal.