Goldman Sachs sees gold rising 11%to $3,000 an ounce by the end of 2025. The bank doubled down on its forecast this week despite emerging headwinds that have chipped away at the precious metal's ...

Gold has become a significant strategic resource for the Russian government since the invasion of Ukraine. According to the latest RAND Europe research, Russia has been using gold as a means to ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. China says it has discovered the world’s largest known deposit of gold, estimated to be worth over $80bn (£63bn). The deposit at the Wangu ...

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Dollar up 0.7%, set for it best day in nearly 4 weeks Expect choppy, consolidative gold market into year-end - analyst Most brokerages see 25-bps rate cut in December US ADP employment report ...

Norway has paused its controversial project to open up its seabed for commercial-scale deep-sea mining. Oslo had planned to let companies apply to mine 280,000 sq km (108,000 sq miles) of its ...

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A mining group in which the financier Nick Candy is the largest shareholder is poised to swoop on a London-listed gold explorer to create an enlarged group worth more than £150m. Sky News has ...

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What is being dubbed as the largest gold deposit in the world has been found in China, state outlet Xinhua news said. The gold reserves are worth 600 billion yuan, according to Reuters, which amounts ...

China is claiming to have unearthed the largest gold deposit in the world — estimated to be worth more than $80 billion. More than 1,000 tons of gold reserves and ore veins were allegedly ...