Xstrata $60 billion Philippine mine may stall at church door

"While a large number of countries around the world continue to talk about securing raw material supply, China is actually doing something about it."

Gold has hit successive records this year and is set to close 2024 more than 25% higher.

At Monday's close, Russia's largest gold producer was the most expensive of all blue-chip stocks on the Moscow Exchange.

CFIUS said on Monday that allowing Nippon Steel to take over US Steel could result in lower domestic steel production.