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  • Tuesday, 13 April, 2021
    Gold
    Central bank and consumer buying in India and China arrest gold’s slide

    Prices steady as new sources of demand offset exchange traded fund outflows

  • Saturday, 10 April, 2021
    Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: April
    Consumer resistance melts away as recycled gold gains ground

    Rising demand from younger buyers is driving ethical jewellery making

  • Sunday, 4 April, 2021
    ExplainerMarket Questions
    How will the Fed contend with rising US borrowing costs?

    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

  • Thursday, 1 April, 2021
    News in-depthVenezuela
    British businessman strikes Venezuela mining deal despite US sanctions

    Experts warn Basil Shiblaq risks becoming a target of US sanctions designed to choke Nicolás Maduro’s regime

  • Friday, 26 March, 2021
    Investments
    Rausing completes hefty Ocado purchase

    Non-executive joins senior management in topping up stakes

  • Monday, 15 March, 2021
    IPOs
    Russian miner GV Gold joins Moscow IPO rush

    BlackRock-backed company seeks valuation of as much as $1.8bn

  • Wednesday, 3 March, 2021
    Polymetal International PLC
    Polymetal plans copper exploration to offset gold exposure

    Miner seeks to tap rising demand for the commodity as world shifts away from fossil fuels

  • Tuesday, 2 March, 2021
    Gold
    Gold hits eight-month low as higher bond yields dent its appeal

    Exchange traded funds tracking the metal sustain biggest outflows in a year

  • Saturday, 20 February, 2021
    FT CollectionsData rich: the numbers behind corporate news
    Retail investors pay the cost of investing in the devil’s metal

    Why the workings of the silver market and its history were stacked against the Reddit traders

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  • Thursday, 11 February, 2021
    Renewable energy
    Russia’s top gold company shifts mines to hydropower

    Move by Polyus to ditch use of coal comes as global warming becomes bigger issue in Russia

  • Friday, 5 February, 2021
    Merryn Somerset Webb
    Silver surge could signal coming commodities boom

    Digital economy will still need metals and minerals

  • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    Bezos to step aside, Draghi in Italian politics, Myanmar coup

    Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos will step aside later this year to become executive chairman

  • Tuesday, 2 February, 2021
    Equities
    US stocks advance as Reddit trades show signs of unwinding

    Silver prices fall back and GameStop shares lower

  • Tuesday, 2 February, 2021
    Silver price retreats rapidly in blow to new retail buyers

    Steep fall underlines difficulties facing small investors in influencing global market

  • Tuesday, 2 February, 2021
    Markets InsightBrendan Greeley
    No long-term silver lining for markets

    History shows its limited value as a shelter in catastrophic financial collapse

  • Monday, 1 February, 2021
    ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
    Silver price hits 8-year high as retail traders take aim

    Precious metal rallies more than a tenth in its biggest gain since 2008

  • Monday, 1 February, 2021
    Lex
    Silver/WallStreetBets: mission creep Premium

    History is not on the side of WSB investors, nor frankly is logic

  • Monday, 1 February, 2021
    Equities
    Silver surges as retail investors take aim

    Asia equities advance with precious metal in Reddit forum’s crosshairs

  • Sunday, 10 January, 2021
    ExplainerMarket Questions
    Should investors prepare for higher inflation in the US?

    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

  • Friday, 8 January, 2021
    Merryn Somerset Webb
    Bitcoin: a symptom of market mania — or the new gold?

    Some believe the cryptocurrency to be a go-to asset for those seeking a safe haven

  • Wednesday, 6 January, 2021
    News in-depthCommodities
    Clean-air legislation fuels breathtaking rally in rhodium

    Niche material used in catalytic converters has soared alongside its sister metal, palladium

  • Monday, 30 November, 2020
    Gold
    Petropavlovsk hires former head of Highland Gold as chief

    Feud-stricken FTSE 250 miner seeks to draw line under summer of discontent

  • Friday, 20 November, 2020
    News in-depthGold
    Surge in vaccine optimism slams brakes on gold

    Investors cut their holdings of the precious metal as hopes rise in fight against virus

  • Monday, 16 November, 2020
    Endeavour Mining Corp
    Endeavour Gold targets FTSE 100 after $1.9bn Teranga deal

    Africa-focused group says combined entity will become London’s biggest gold miner

  • Sunday, 15 November, 2020
    ExplainerMarket Questions
    Will Turkey’s new central bank governor announce a big rate rise?

    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

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