This Akshaya Tritiya, gold sales saw an increase of only 25%, which would have been much more otherwise. With gold prices shooting up day-by-day, marriage buying of gold seems to have taken a sever....

In 2011, Platinum surplus eased 12% year-on-year to 735,000 ounces (22.9 tonnes) due to increased global fabrication demand which outweighted the 5% rise in platinum supply, the report said.....

The author the author of the book, Vicki Priebe, gold and silver remains cheap if they are bought from second hand places. During these rough economic times, people conduct these sales attempting t....

India Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee has defended the import duty hike on gold from 2 to 4% even as the entire jewellery industry in the country is observing a two-day strike in protest agai....

In the short term, the key players tend to be institutional traders and speculators – the trading desks at banks, hedge funds, and other financial firms – who operate principally in &ld....

The gold collections of ETFs have risen from 15 tonnes in 2010 to 30 tonnes in 2011 (an increase of 100%). The number of corporate portfolios under ETFs has also increased to 5,599 in 2011 as again....

India, the cultural hearland for gold, is now creating billionaires in jewellery trade who now acquire private jets to fly and expand their business. Two jewellery retailers based in the South....

Global demand for gold in 2011 rose to 4,067.1 tonnes (t) worth an estimated US$205.5 billion - the first time that global demand has exceeded US$200 billion and the highest tonnage level since 199....

On the back of sharp improvement in industrial performance, India expects the country's economy to grow faster during 2012-13 fiscal than previous, according to the Finance Ministry.....

In a bid to match the import duty with rising prices, the Indian government trebled the customs duty on import of gold by increasing the duty twice by Rs. 100 each time, during the Fiscal Year 2009....

India government has made hallmarking of gold jewellery mandatory to avoid the issues of quality.....

Electrical and electronics uses are major sources of demand for silver and were a record 242.9 million ounces globally last year, according to GFMS. Used in switches and contacts, silver is one of ....

The Mumbai Jewellery and Gems Fair, held here from December 9 to 11 had over 300 exhibitors attracting close to 8000 buyers from India and across the world....

Global gold demand in the third quarter of 2011 reached 1,053.9 tonnes, an increase of 6% compared to the same period last year. This equates to US$57.7bn, an all-time high in value terms, accordin....

According to GFMS/Silver Institute data, total demand for silver in 2010 was 1057 mn ounces 14% of which was consituted by demand for making coins and silverware, while a major portion (45%) was fo....