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  • Friday, 10 June, 2022
    Gold Fields Inc.
    Top investor calls for Gold Fields to scrap $5.3bn Yamana deal

    Redwheel urges South African miner to focus on existing operations rather than buying Canadian rival

  • Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
    The Commodities NoteGold
    What the battle between gold bugs and crypto bros tells us about commodities

    Trading the complex asset class should be based on fundamentals rather than just as a mere reaction to inflation

  • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
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    South African group has agreed to buy Canadian miner for about $6.7bn in all-share deal.

  • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
    Gold
    Gold Fields to buy Yamana to create sector’s fourth-biggest miner

    South African group’s $6.7bn deal for Canadian rival marks latest consolidation of fragmented industry

  • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
    Barrick Gold Corp
    Barrick builds up cyanide and explosive stockpiles as prices rise

    World’s second-biggest gold miner bolsters supplies of vital raw materials to combat inflation

  • Tuesday, 3 May, 2022
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    Yorkshire gold dealer helped launder £266mn in cash, trial told

    Suspicions roused after ‘substantial amounts’ deposited into Fowler Oldfield’s bank account

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
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    First combined gold-bitcoin ETP launches in Europe

    Expert questions long-term wisdom of the fund, but ByteTree executive says the two assets make sense as a paired investment

  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    LexPolymetal International PLC
    Gold/Polymetal: rising real rates would halt metal’s advance Premium content

    Cost pressures could well squeeze all gold miners

  • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
    Petropavlovsk PLC
    Petropavlovsk hit with demand for almost $300mn from Gazprombank

    London-listed gold producer’s shares plunge after debt repayment order from sanctions-hit Russian lender

  • Thursday, 14 April, 2022
    Petropavlovsk PLC
    London-listed Petropavlovsk warns investors may be wiped out

    Previously high-flying Russian gold miner has been caught up in sanctions fallout

  • Thursday, 7 April, 2022
    ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
    Gold ETP inflows hit record high of $11.3bn in March

    Investors dump European equity funds as fallout from the Ukraine war rocks markets

  • Friday, 1 April, 2022
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    Crypto vs gold: the search for an investment bolt hole

    The market in the yellow metal may be a bubble, but at least it’s a 6,000-year-old one. Meanwhile, bitcoin looks like a short-term fad

  • Friday, 25 March, 2022
    Petropavlovsk PLC
    Gold producer Petropavlovsk blocked from loan payment as UK sanctions bite

    Russian-focused company prohibited from paying interest due after its main lender Gazprombank had assets frozen

  • Thursday, 24 March, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    G7 to crack down on Russia’s ability to sell its gold

    Leaders launch new effort to blunt any attempt by Moscow to evade western sanctions

  • Wednesday, 23 March, 2022
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    Dispatch from Kyiv

    ‘Shrinkflation’ means you pay the same for less as companies try to preserve margins

  • Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
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    A haven investment in volatile times, there’s more than one way to hold gold in your portfolio

  • Thursday, 17 March, 2022
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  • Sunday, 13 March, 2022
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    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

  • Friday, 11 March, 2022
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    An energy shock and high inflation: are the 1970s reborn?

    One thing is for sure. We won’t be going back to the 2010s

  • Friday, 11 March, 2022
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    Investors buy gold in response to Ukraine war

    Savers can choose bullion, ETFs, or mining stocks

  • Monday, 7 March, 2022
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    Trendy ETFs remain in fashion despite hits from market falls. Plus: flight to ‘safe havens’ runs its own risks; themed funds accused of being a ‘bull market fad’; BlackRock funds ride high on ethical investment inflows

  • Monday, 7 March, 2022
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    Flight to ‘safe haven’ funds runs its own risks

    Investors are seeking to protect portfolios against inflation and geopolitical risk

  • Wednesday, 2 March, 2022
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    The Lex Newsletter: bright prospects for neon price dim chip outlook Premium content

    Ukraine war likely to cut raw material supplies and exacerbate shortages that have hit carmakers

  • Wednesday, 23 February, 2022
    ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
    ETF investors pile into Russian equities and defence stocks

    Fund flows could be sign that some view crisis as shortlived while others are more pessimistic

  • Saturday, 19 February, 2022
    Gold
    Gold outperforms stocks and bonds as traders seek haven assets

    Rise fuelled by Russia-Ukraine tensions and concern that higher US rates could slow growth

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