How a former Olympian got caught up in the rush for Baltic gold in Kaliningrad.

Physical gold ETFs lose their lustre as market optimism blooms elsewhere

Aggressive buying by People’s Bank of China will be a support for prices this year

Gold producers agree to create joint venture from duo’s Nevada mines

Improved efficiency after asset focus will help London-listed group offset fall in output

Australian miner buys into Canadian mine for $807m and warns of ill-conceived deals

Chief executives meet to discuss Nevada joint venture over dinner

Van Eck says rival goldminers should publish joint study of benefits and let shareholders decide

Miner insists $10bn plan to take over Goldcorp is better for shareholders

Boss of gold miner looks to convince investors of case for acquisition

Investors clash on merits of $18bn merger of gold miners

All-share deal for US rival would create gold mining behemoth

Gary Goldberg speaks after hostile all-share bid from Canadian rival

Some of the key questions for investors in the coming week

Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets

Report says precious metal, used in car industry, will outstrip mine supply this year

Central banks hoard the most of the precious metal in almost half a century

Miner attempts to break deadlock that has left it unable to export gold concentrate

Italian assets hit by sell-off as growth concerns intensify

Fears over growth slowdown fuel second weekly gain for precious metal