AngloGold Ashanti: Getting paid for risk

Gold prices have been fairly stagnant lately, but savvy investors are still making money. AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU) is rewarding its investors today for taking some risk. By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com Baltimore – (TFN): Gold prices may not be moving by leaps and bounds today, but savvy gold investors are seeing their stakes make a nice move. I [...]

China: The 800 lb. Gorilla of Commodities

Increasing the money supply invariably leads to inflation—but that's not the only factor driving it.

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Gain Nearly 1% and 2%

Gold and silver rose about 1% in Asia and London and then extended their gains in morning New York trade to as high as $936.85 and $13.57 by about 11AM EST before they fell back off a bit in the last couple of hours of trade, but gold still ended with a gain of 0.90% while silver closed with a gain of 1.73%.

US hedge fund managers ‘turn to gold’

Hedge fund managers in the United States are increasingly looking to invest in gold as a way of insulating their personal assets against inflation. London-based investment management firm Moonraker said a poll of 22 fund managers found that 20 had bought physical gold for personal investment reasons amid concerns that the White House's quantitative easing programme could trigger high inflation.
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Gold refiners ‘must be continually innovative’

Changing market conditions and the vagaries of demand for different products and services mean gold refiners have to be "continually innovative", an expert has said. Geoff Millet is managing director of Rand Refineries, which was originally established in 1920 by South Africa's Chamber of Mines to refine all the gold produced in the country, Mining Weekly reports.
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First-ever US gold coin to go on show

The first gold coin ever struck in the United States is to go on display at the American Numismatic Association World's Fair of Money in Los Angeles next week. Hand-crafted by George Washington's neighbour Ephraim Brasher, the 1767 Brasher Doubloon is insured for $7 million (£4.1 million), the Ventura County Star reports.
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Desktop gold analysers get launch

A pair of desktop analysers for testing gold using X-ray fluorescence has been launched in the United States. They are part of the Quickshot XRF line, which aims to provide instruments that are more cost-effective than traditional XRF machines, yet still offer similar levels of speed and accuracy.
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China embarking on “new gold rush”

In less than 20 years, China has gone from having virtually no gold mining industry to being the world's biggest producer of the precious metal and according to one expert, the country's "new gold rush" is just beginning. Writing on Daily Wealth, Matt Badiali said the Chinese government started exploring for mineral resources in the 1950s and 1960s but lacked the expertise to extract its discoveries.
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Part of ‘gold history’ unlocked by SA archaeologists

Part of the "history of gold" has been unlocked by archaeologists and scientists in South Africa. The breakthrough was achieved by a team from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Mapungubwe Museum at the University of Pretoria, who were examining artefacts excavated from Iron Age graves on Mapungubwe Hill in 1933.
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Local community raising funds to keep gold museum open

A small US community is working to raise money to keep its gold museum open seven days a week. The Dahlonega Gold Museum in Georgia currently closes on Mondays and Tuesdays due to a lack of funding from the state, the Gainsville Times reports.
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