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Global demand for gold in 2011 rose to 4,067.1 tonnes (t) worth an estimated US$205.5 billion - the first time that global demand has exceeded US$200billion and the highest tonnage level since 1997, according to the World Gold Council’s Gold Demand Trends. The main driver for this increase was the ....

It’s a chart of gold fabrication demand — including jewelry, coin, dental, electronic and other industrial uses — that I made using data from Morgan Stanley.

In a moment, I’ll tell you why this is so important for you to know. But first, let me say that I’m not disputing its data or projection of gold fabrication demand. There’s something else to this chart. Take a look …

A growing number of states are seeking shiny new currencies made of silver and gold.

Worried that the Federal Reserve and the U.S. dollar are on the brink of collapse, lawmakers from 13 states, including Minnesota, Tennessee, Iowa, South Carolina and Georgia, are seeking approval from their state governments to either issue their own alternative currency or explore it as an option. Just three years ago, only three states had similar proposals in place....

The price of gold is roaring back from its latest temporary correction, sending the bears into  full withdrawal. If you sold your gold in December as it fell to $1525 an ounce, you’re probably feeling foolish at the incredible $210  rise to $1735– a 15% move in no time at all. Gold, you see, is not a commodity like oil and copper and wheat. It is rather an alternative currency– one that  finds buyers when....

For the first time in history, Silver Eagle & Maple Leaf sales will surpass domestic silver production in the U.S. and Canada in 2011. The demand for American Silver Eagles and Canadian Maple Leaf coins has increased tremendously over the past several years. 2011 will be the first year in which official coin sales will surpass domestic silver production in both countries....

The growth of China’s presence in the global gold market has been phenomenal in the last dozen years. Prior to this century, HSBC sent a delegation from their London gold department to see the Chinese financial authorities and were rebuffed as ‘trying to sell gold to China’. Since then, the Chinese financial authorities switched on and set off with a purpose....

A report released by the Silver Institute forecasted that industrial fabrication would increase by 37 percent between 2010 and 2015, meaning a potential increase from approximately 488 million ounces (m/oz) to 666 m/oz.

Fabrication of silver often brings to mind coins, jewelry, and cutlery. The masses, including silver investors, probably do not realize how widespread the use of silver really is....

There is a strong probability that the correction in the price of Gold has been completed. In Elliot Wave (EW) terms, the correction consists of three waves, an A wave down, a B wave rally and a final C wave decline. There is usually a relationship between the A and C waves. Often they are equal or have a Fibonacci connection....

Did China just overtake India as the world’s largest gold consumer?

Little more than a year ago it would have been almost laughable to ask that question. In 2010 India’s gold consumption was a full 46 per cent – or 275 tonnes – higher than China’s, according to data from consultants GFMS published in the World Gold Council’s quarterly reports.

Even three months ago it would have been a stretch. In the first nine months of 2011, Indian gold demand totaled 743 tonnes, compared to 612 tonnes for China.

But data released in the past few days suggests that China ....

China’s latest gold figures look unrelentingly bullish. Too bullish perhaps…

SO “GROWTH has [now] replaced inflation as Beijing’s top policy concern,” says Qu Hongbin, Asian economics expert at HSBC in Hong Kong, forecasting three cuts to China’s banking reserve requirements by July.

“There is developing in Beijing, I think, almost a panic about global economic prospects and the impact of the European crisis on China,” agrees Michael Pettis, finance professor at Peking University. He goes one further and forecasts debate – if not the fact – of a currency devaluation in 2012.

Yes, you read that right. In a US election year, Beijing’s policy wonks are arguing over cutting the Yuan’s foreign exchange value, not raising it....