Five-year forecasting quarterlies on the gold, silver, platinum and palladium markets are generated by Metals Focus, the precious metals consultancy.

Norilsk Nickel Mining's plans to expand palladium production over the next five years is expected to impact the price of the precious metal.

The London Bullion Market Association is moving toward reporting the average turnover of gold and silver daily. The current average is provided weekly.

Mawson Resources Ltd., a firm financially backed by Goldcorp, is reporting a project ripe with significant resources of gold and cobalt in Finland.

The Austrian Mint and precious metals distributor Pro Aurum have cooperated to create a Christmas tree with 2,018 1-ounce gold coins.

Colorado-based gold miner Newmont Mining expects its North American operations to drive its 2019 production.

The recognizable top 2018 performer in the precious metals market is palladium.

As the first week in January ends, approved buyers can order gold, silver, and platinum American Eagle and gold American Buffalo bullion coins dated 2019.

The Loma Larga gold mining project in Ecuador is anticipated to yield 2.6 million gold equivalent ounces over a 12-year period of extraction beginning in 2021.

Dillon Gage Metals exclusively offers a 2018 Koala 10-ounce .9999 fine silver piedfort $10 coin, the first from the Perth Mint, according to the seller.

A newly released third quarter report issued by the World Platinum Investment Council suggests a worldwide platinum surplus for 2018.

Sales of America Eagle gold and silver bullion coins in 2018 are heading toward an 11-year-low.

The story about gold bars found in a military tank purchased on eBay continues to draw attention from readers, making it our “Week’s Most Read” article.

One of the world's largest purchasers and processors of gold ore, Dynacor Gold Mines Inc., forecasts a record processing year for calendar year 2018.

Canadian-based Columbus Gold and Russian-based Nordgold issued the results of a feasibility study into a gold mining operation, Montagne d'Or, in French Guiana.

Gold nuggets in various forms discovered worldwide are featured in Heritage Auctions Dec. 15 Nature & Science Signature sale in Dallas.

The story about a surprise eBay purchase that yielded more than the buyer expected continues to draw reader interest.

State and federal investigators are probing $170 million in alleged fraud involving sales of silver by Rust Rare Coin Inc. and Gaylen Rust.

S & P Market Intelligence reports that 55 percent of mining exploration in 2018 in Canada, Australia and the United States was for gold.

A 2018 interim silver survey conducted on behalf of The Silver Institute projects a surplus of the precious metal for the calendar year.