Average realized silver and gold prices for Silver Wheaton fell from $23.12 per ounce and $1,417 per ounce in Q2 2013 to $19.81 and $1,295 per ounce respectively in Q2 2014. This corresponds to a 14% decline in realized prices per silver equivalent …

India regained its position as the world's leading gold buyer in the second quarter as Chinese demand for jewellery, gold coins and bars dropped sharply from record levels amid a government crackdown on corruption. Soaring purchases by retail customers …

LONDON, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Gold prices fell on Friday, erasing earlier gains, as stock markets headed for their biggest weekly gain since mid-February in Europe, with recent weak data increasing expectations for central bank action to lift the economy.

Internationally, gold traded at $1,306.34 an ounce (32 gm), extending its drop from a three-week high of $1,322.76 on Friday as investors weighed tensions in the Middle East and Ukraine, while assets in the biggest exchange-traded product capped the …

Weeks after graduating from Medford High School, Helen Johns Carroll was just 17 when she swam the second leg of the women's 400-meter freestyle relay team that won the gold medal and set a world record at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

California's Gold Rush may have peaked more than a century ago, but thanks to the state's ongoing three-year drought, the worst ever recorded in history, rivers are shrinking and panning for gold is becoming popular again. In Gold Country cities like …

There are five main reasons to hold gold, even if the price has fallen over the last two years. Those reasons can be summarised as: An inflation hedge; As crash protection; A counterpoint to low interest rates; A remarkably stable price this year; The …

Palladium rose toward a 13-year high in the longest run of gains in a month in London on concern demand from car companies and restricted output will add to supply shortages. Gold was little changed. Palladium, mostly used in catalytic converters in …

Legendary investor George Soros nearly doubled his ownership in a U.S. gold mining companies ETF and initiated new stakes in other gold producers, suggesting the big names in hedge funds continued to have confidence in the yellow metal. Investors pay …