Gold miners may be getting a bit of help with some advanced technology. Scientists have revealed that gamma-activation analysis (GAA) offers a faster and much more accurate way to detect gold than traditional chemical analysis methods. The findings …

Gold prices fell on Wednesday, under pressure from gains in the dollar and uncertainty over whether the Federal Reserve will begin curbing its bullion-friendly economic stimulus next month. Investors are cautiously awaiting the release of minutes of …

While Mahan didn't win the event, he did get to see the birth of his daughter Zoe and that was good enough for his club sponsor, Ping, who issued the 31-year-old a gold putter despite not winning. Ping has been giving gold putters to winners of …

(Kitco News) – Minutes of the late-July meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee did not give gold traders much guidance on when policymakers might start tapering their monthly bond purchases. The metal was able to hold up as the Fed did not offer …

TORONTO (Reuters) – Peter Munk has long driven the agenda for Barrick Gold Corp, the company he formed in 1983 and built into the world's largest gold producer, but recent missteps have raised questions about the leadership of a man once seen as a …

(Kitco News) – Comex gold futures prices were modestly higher in afternoon U.S. trading Wednesday, in a modest “relief rally” after the release of the FOMC minutes from the latest Federal Open Market Committee meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve.

Digging a trench under the punishing midday sun, Thomas Lokinga stops only when he needs to wipe the sweat from his face. He is determined to find a nugget of gold amid the hard-baked ground in Nanakanak, in the eastern part of South Sudan, the …

A recurring theme in gold markets this year has been gold's massive geographical shift from West to East, as gold flows out from investment funds in North American and Europe into the hands of Asian buyers of physical gold. But in a research note …

Six weeks of talks between South African gold producers and unions after failed to solve an impasse over wages, increasing the prospect of strikes in a declining industry battling low prices and soaring costs. Mine stoppages would inflict more damage …