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 Gold and silver prices are trading not too far from unchanged levels in early U.S. trading Friday.
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A group backed by German car-making giants Daimler AG and Volkswagen AG has started a study into the environmental impact of lithium mining in Chile, the second-largest supplier of the key ingredient in rechargeable batteries.
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The gold market is holding on to solid gains but is not seeing much reaction to data that shows more American workers applied for first-time unemployment benefits than expected.
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After hitting a new record of $4.88 per lb. on May 10, LME cash copper prices are expected to average $4.20 per lb. in 2021 and $3.96 per lb. in 2022, according to the inaugural edition of Critical Metals for a Sustainable World, a new monthly publication by Capitalight Research.
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Gold and silver prices are higher in early U.S. trading Tuesday, ahead of the most important U.S. data point of the week: the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee minutes that are out at 2:00 p.m. EDT this afternoon.
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Copper prices advanced on Monday on hopes of stronger demand for metals after data showed an acceleration in hiring in the United States.
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Gold and silver prices are solidly higher in early U.S. trading Monday with the markets hitting nearly three-week highs.
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Gold prices climbed higher on Monday as it appears that central banks have regained their appetite for buying bullion after staying on the sidelines for the past year.
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Central banks from Serbia to Thailand have been adding to gold holdings and Ghana recently announced plans for purchases.
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Gold in India this week was being sold at a premium for the first time in more than two months as demand gained traction after curbs to combat the second wave of the coronavirus were slightly relaxed. ​​​​​​​
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Gold rose to daily highs after the U.S. added more jobs than expected in June but the unemployment rate ticked up.
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Doug King set up his hedge fund in the early days of the commodity super-cycle in 2004. It was perfectly timed: voracious Chinese demand lifted the price of everything from oil to copper to record highs. Investors flooded the commodities sector.
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Gold remained near its daily highs as the headline manufacturing index from the Institute for Supply Management came in below expectations in June. 
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Worldwide gold and copper production growth will resume in all earnest following the stop-start nature of covid-19 disruption miners experienced at times during the past 18 months, two new reports by Fitch Country risk and Industry Research show.
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Gold attempted to recover some of its early-morning losses as the U.S. pending home sales surprised on the upside in May.
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