Chinese futures exchange to offer contracts for silver   The Shanghai Futures Exchange received regulatory approval on Wednesday to start trading in silver contracts, giving C...

  Physical gold demand strong: GFMS   Gold's wild ride in 2011 may have seen waning speculative investment, but physical demand remained resilient, thanks in part to strong buying from China a...

  Gold to average $1800 this year despite big supply surplus - GFMS   Speaking at the start of the Key Commodities Summit preceding the first full day of Mines & Money Hong Kong, Philip Klapwi...

  Central banks 2011 gold buying hits 430 tons, highest since 1964   The net purchases ofGold by central banks in the last year amounted to 430 tons - more than a fivefold increase on the prev...

  Gold to Reach $2,000 by Next Year as Investment Rises, GFMS Says   Gold may climb to a record above $2,000 an ounce by early next year as concern about currencies and low interest rates spur...

  Silver price to hit $50 plus next year - Klapwijk from GFMS   Thomson Reuters GFMS's Philip Klapwijk Wednesday forecast an average silver price of $35.66 per ounce this year, a short-term fo...

  Silver outlook bullish for 2011 and into 2012-Thomson Reuters-GFMS   A new Thomson Reuters-GFMS report, commissioned by The Silver Institute, forecasts silver investment will achieve yet ano...

China’s September gold imports jumps sixfold Chinese gold imports from Hong Kong, a proxy for the country’s overall overseas buying, leapt to a record high in September, when monthly purchases ...

  South African Gold production decline in the midst of robust demand   The Krugerrand Goldcoin demand hit an all time last week , the South African Gold Coin Exchange announced. This comes a...

  Central Banks Add to Gold Holdings   Emerging-market countries continued to top up their gold reserves in August, with Russia, Thailand and Bolivia among those to add to their holdings. Cent...

  Gold massively underinvested - silver data overwhelming: Eric Sprott   In Sprott's view gold has been very much the metal of the past decade, and he looks to silver as that for the next deca...

  Silver’s a worthy gold rival - Silver will continue to win investors’ attention along with gold   Silver has always been seen as less precious than gold, but it has certainly proved itse...

  Gold's new record - Its all about real interest rates - Paul Walker   Paul Walker, chief executive of GFMS, joins us. Well, Paul, a regular contributor to the Moneyweb cause over the years a...

  Analysis: Asian investors stricken by gold fever on record price   Gold fever is gripping Asian investors and could spread to central banks as global growth uncertainties tarnish the appeal ...

  Gold Push Unlikely to Be Scrapped   Fiscal troubles in both Europe and the U.S. may have spurred gold to record highs this week, but the warm embrace of the precious metal appears to be the ...

  Central banks pull most gold in a decade from BIS   Central banks have pulled 635 tonnes of gold from the Bank for International Settlements in the past year, the largest withdrawal in more...

  China gold imports to surge   * China gold import could exceed 400 tonnes in 2011 - GFMS * China silver demand to outstrip domestic supply 2011-GFMS Chinese demand for gold bars and ...

  Silver-Mad Small Investors Fueled an Epic Rise and Fall   When silver prices hit a three-decade high last week, David Zornetsky decided to do some buying. Searching for a job, the 31-year ol...

  Gold hits fresh high on US debt warning   The price of gold shot to a fresh record of nearly $1,500 a troy ounce on Monday after Standard & Poor’s warned that the US government’s tripl...

  Investment to lift gold above $1,600/oz by end-2011-GFMS   Gold's decade-long price rally could take the metal above $1,600 an ounce by year-end, metals consultancy GFMS said in a widely ant...

  Gold and silver market trends for 2010-GFMS   Demand for gold bars grew strongly last year, helping lift overall physical investment despite weaker inflows into exchange-traded funds, metals...

  Silver Prices Will Hit $50 as Investment Demand Pops   World investment demand drove silver prices higher in 2010 and the trend is on track to continue in 2011, according to the World Silv...

  Silver defies bears to target $40 and beyond   Silver has not shaken its bad-boy image of an unpredictable metal with high volatility and chronic oversupply, but this is unlikely to deter in...

  Demand for silver bars spreads - GFMS   The recently-released annual "World Silver Survey" from GFMS Ltd has added a fresh element into the break-down of supply and demand this year; that of...