Gold heads for sixth weekly gain
Businessam Staff
July 17, 2020

Silver heads for sixth straight weekly gain Gold rose on Friday and was headed for its sixth consecutive weekly gain as surging coronavirus cases fuelled demand for safe havens, reports Reuters news agency. Spot gold had climbed 0.5% to $1,805.43 per ounce before midday with U.S. gold futures also up 0.4% at $1,806.80, the agency […]
Illegal mining, smuggling cost Nigeria $3bn in seven years–Buhari
Businessam Staff
July 17, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that Nigeria lost about $3 billion to smuggling and illegal mining of gold between 2012b 1nd 2018. A statement issued by Femi Adesina, his special adviser, media and publicity, the president stated this at the presentation of locally mined gold bars by the Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Development Initiative in […]
Will gold hit $3,000? A fund manager thinks so, with a 47% surge
Businessam Staff
July 16, 2020

A hedge fund manager is predicting that gold will witness a 47 percent upward push within five years and that this will see it climb above $3000 an ounce, well above the $1,800 that many analysts have suggested. In a monitored Bloomberg report, the hedge fund manager said unprecedented monetary stimulus will fuel assets […]
Gold price retreats after investors switch to stocks
Kenneth Afor
March 26, 2020

Kenneth Afor Gold prices on Wednesday retreat to a downward trend after recording some gains at the Comex of the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYME) in more than a decade. The reason for the retreat by some investors who are switching to stocks was the proposed $2 trillion stimulus package by Donald Trump to cushion the effect […]
Nigeria government to off-take locally produced gold
Businessam Staff
February 25, 2020

The federal government has begun the registration of artisanal miners, following the commencement of the Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Development Initiative biometric exercise. The registration exercise was flagged off in Yauri Local Government Area of Kebbi State on February 22. The exercise, which is supported by the Central Bank of Nigeria, is in line with […]
Gold tops $1,600 as virus fuels growth fears
Businessam Staff
February 19, 2020

Fears that the coronavirus could be a disaster for the global economy and a drumbeat of speculation over central-bank stimulus are driving another rally in precious metals. Gold surpassed $1,600 an ounce this week and is closing in on a seven-year high. Palladium climbed for a sixth day in the spot market, extending its record-breaking rally. “Gold […]
Gold gains amid coronavirus’ continuous threat
Kenneth Afor
February 5, 2020

Kenneth Afor Gold investors recorded slight profits on Tuesday after nearly four-week high at the end of trading, bearing in mind a possible negative impact on China’s economy of the coronavirus which has claimed 427 lives in the Asian country. The United States Spot gold fell by 0.2 percent at $1,572.87 per ounce early […]
Gold investors, analysts apprehensive as data show imminent weak demand in China
Kenneth Afor
January 22, 2020

Kenneth Afor
Investors keep gold at $1,600 per ounce as tension in the middle-east heightens
Businessam Staff
January 7, 2020

Kenneth Afor
US-Iran conflict: Gold price hits highest level since 2013
Business Staff
January 6, 2020

Gold prices have hit 1,588.13 dollars per ounce, the highest level since 2013, spurred on by concerns about escalating unrest in the Middle East. The surge in prices came on Monday, before prices settled down to 1,577.26 dollars per ounce, which was still 1.6 per cent higher than Friday’s closing price. Gold sold for about […]
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