Should long-term investors consider including gold in their portfolio? Most portfolio theories will tell you that gold and other metals should at least be a small percentage of everyone's portfolio, if nothing else to hedge against a crashing market …

New York/London: Gold rose 1.5 percent on Friday after weaker-than-expected US nonfarm payrolls increased confusions over when the Federal Reserve will start paring back its massive bond-buying stimulus. Despite Friday's rally, gold ended the week 0.5 …

Gold prices shot up on 6 September on expectations that the US would stay the course on its $85bn a month bond buying stimulus. Spot gold rose 1.5% and hovered around $1,387.46 (£887.46, €1052.62) an ounce. However, gold prices ended 0.5% lower …

A three-day strike by tens of thousands of South African gold miners wound down yesterday with most strikers agreeing to return to work after accepting the latest wage offer from employers, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said. Gold producers …

SACRAMENTO — Patrick Fischer had no idea last year he was helping solve the mystery of a $1.26 million gold heist that robbed a Northern California town of its treasure and historic pride. Three hundred miles from Yreka, where thieves with crowbars …

Work continues at a mine in Carltonville, South Africa as efforts continue to end a strike by miners on September 5, 2013. The world's fifth-largest gold producer Harmony Gold said it was holding talks to try to end a crippling miners' strike, after …

The vote on who hosts the 2020 Olympic Games takes place in Buenos Aires on Saturday. It's a three horse race between Madrid, Istanbul and Tokyo and according to many it's all to play for. Madrid are hoping it's third time lucky after failed bids for …

Gold firmed a touch on Friday as the dollar retreated ahead of a US labour market report that could help determine a timeline for the Federal Reserve to taper its $85 billion monthly bond-buying programme. The Fed's stimulus has been a major driver in …

While graphene has been on a nearly decade long surge of research, its two-dimensional (2D) rival molybdenum sulfide (MoS2) has enjoyed an equal rush of interest over a mere two-and-a-half years. Ever since researchers at Ecole Polytechnique Federale …