Annual demand for gold increased 4.5 percent in 2018, stoked by the highest buying of precious metal by central banks in five decades.

A recently released analysis by the World Gold Council suggests cryptocurencies are not a safe haven for investors the same way gold is.

The London Bullion Market Association is projecting a rollercoaster ride in spot prices during 2019, especially for silver.

Authorized purchasers will be able to place orders for the 2019 Lowell National Historical Park 5-ounce silver bullion coin on March 11.

The Austrian Mint designs a three-piece 1-ounce silver bullion coin program for the 825th anniversary of founding the mint in Vienna.

The chief executive officer of the Moscow Exchange, Alexander Afanasiev, advocates investment in Russian gold rather than the U.S. dollar.

Sales by the U.S. Mint of 2019 American Eagle 1-ounce platinum bullion coins have reached 64 percent of the total planned mintage in three weeks.

The classic Una and the Lion design from gold coins is now available on a silver bullion coin from the British Virgin Islands and the Pobjoy Mint.

Drilling by Great Bear Resources in Ontario, Canada, has struck a vein of gold projected to yield up to 1,602.73 grams of of gold per metric ton of ore.

Canadian-based B2Gold reports a 2018 production year that yielded a combined 953,504 ounces of gold.

U.S. Mint sales through Jan. 21 of American Eagle 1-ounce silver bullion coins already top their sales for all of January 2018; gold bullion sales are also up.

Investors worldwide will continue to seek gold in 2019 as a safe haven against inflation and other financial market pressures.

Canadian-based Excellon Resources released 2018 production results Jan. 15 for its La Platosa Mine Project in Durango, Mexico.

Palladium is poised to set new price records during calendar year 2019, according to Metals Focus, a precious metals consultancy.

“Gold is starting 2019 with increasing price support and growing demand,"says dealer Barry Stuppler.

India's first precious metals assay and training institute has opened in Mumbai.

The platinum market worldwide in 2019 is projected to experience less surplus than forecast for 2018 because of increases in demand to meet the supply.

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.