Fosun mulls takeover of $1bn Russian miner GV Gold

Synthetics are coming.

Gold's longest bull run took place against a backdrop of generally low – and at times negative – inflation.

Customs data shows the world's second largest gold miner Russia exported 58 tonnes to be refined in Switzerland last year, but got less than 3 tonnes back.

Dr Doom explains why the predictions of "Austrian economists, radical monetarists, gold bugs, and Bitcoin fanatics" have been so "spectacularly wrong".

Last week a scene unfolded in Athens that provided all the visual and metaphorical symbols needed to define the current state of the global economy.

Gold price pullback since vote hides real possibility of Greek debt default, euro exit and displays overconfidence in ECB's ability to limit contagion says report.

“The U.S. seems to be the only country right now that doesn’t mind having a strong currency.”

"I'm sure we'll lose a few banks here and there."

The company's Skouries project is one of the biggest foreign investments in Greece.