Fans of Game of Thrones know that, in Westeros, death is almost always grisly. Back in season one, for example, a character was killed by having molten gold poured over his head. However terrible this might seem, though, real-life history one-ups it.

(Kitco News) – Gold prices are again modestly up in early trading Tuesday, on some more short covering and chart consolidation in quieter dealings. August Comex gold was last up $1.60 at $1,255.50 an ounce. Spot gold was last quoted up $3.50 at …

Amy Van Dyken Rouen, a six-time Olympic gold-medal-winning swimmer, remained hospitalized Monday in an intensive-care unit in Scottsdale after suffering injuries during an all-terrain vehicle accident Friday. Van Dyken Rouen, 41, was in the ICU at …

(Kitco News) – Gold prices ended the U.S. day session firmer and hit a two-week high Tuesday. Some more short covering was featured, along with some technically related buying, as the bears may now be exhausted for the time being. August Comex gold …

(Kitco News) – The European Central Bank's unprecedented monetary policy announcement last week could be the turning point the gold market needs to generate long-term momentum, said a market analyst. Colin Cieszynski, market analyst at CMC …

After some considerable selling of gold from the SPDR gold Exchange Traded Fund in the preceding months, early in 2013, Goldman Sachs came out with a warning that the gold price was going to fall and fall heavily. It did after Goldman Sachs and JP …

Gold (NYSEARCA:GLD) now sits higher, up 4% for the year, while silver (NYSEARCA:SLV) has declined 2%, underperforming its counterpart by 6% YTD. To figure out what's next for the metals we need to recognize their deep and long term status as …

Amy Van Dyken-Rouen, a six-time Olympic gold medalist in swimming, told emergency medical personnel she couldn't feel her legs or toes after she crashed in an all-terrain vehicle incident in Arizona. Doctors say Ms. Van Dyken-Rouen, 41, severed her …

top 10 While year after year the list of top gold producers doesn't change too much, it is always worth knowing which companies are at the top of the gold producer pyramid. So while it is no surprise that the likes of Barrick Gold, Newmont and …