physical gold demand

Last week, the Silver Institute and the research team from GFMS at Thomson Reuters said that silver mine production declined in 2016 for the first time since 2002 . . . .

I have always considered sales of modern gold and silver bullion coins a bellwether on the general health of the global precious metals market . . . .

Analysts with Citi said that growth in demand for gold bars in China has outpaced the increase in jewelry-related consumption . . . .

Gold imports by India, the world’s biggest market after China, jumped to the highest level since 2014 . . . .

Major decline in gold production will continue into the future . . . .

Gold got back on track last week,reaching a new 2017 high of $1,227 last Thursday, and continues to show excellent price support on high CME trading volume . . . .

In India, the affinity for gold is deeply rooted in centuries-old tradition and its popularity as an investment. Gold is considered as auspicious, a harbinger of prosperity and a perfect adornment for any celebratory occasion . . . .

The question of the hour is whether the 2016 gains were merely a countertrend rally following a four-and-a-half-year decline from all-time highs in 2011, or the beginning of a new leg in the secular bull market that began in 1999 . . . .

London-based gold dealer Sharps Pixley Ltd. is running out of bars and coins as buying surges after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidency . . . .

As the yuan retreats, China is taking in more gold. The world’s biggest consumer of the precious metal raised bullion imports from Hong Kong in September for the first time in four months as investors sought to diversify their assets on prospects for further currency weakness . . . .