Gold

Gold is a chemical element with symbol Au (from Latin: aurum) and atomic number 79. In its purest form, it is a bright, slightly reddish yellow, dense, soft, malleable and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal and a group 11 element. It is one of the least reactive chemical elements, and is solid under standard conditions. The metal therefore occurs often in free elemental (native) form, as nuggets or grains, in rocks, in veins and in alluvial deposits. It occurs in a solid solution series with the native element silver (as electrum) and also naturally alloyed with copper and palladium. Less commonly, it occurs in minerals as gold compounds, often with tellurium (gold tellurides).

Gold's atomic number of 79 makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally in the universe. It is thought to have been produced in supernova nucleosynthesis from the collision of two neutron stars and to have been present in the dust from which the Solar System formed. Because the Earth was molten when it was just formed, almost all of the gold present in the early Earth probably sank into the planetary core. Therefore, most of the gold that is present today in the Earth's crust and mantle is thought to have been delivered to Earth later, by asteroid impacts during the late heavy bombardment, about 4 billion years ago.

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Gold Rate Today: Gold edges up on weakness in equities, softer rupee

The Times of India 17 Jun 2019

Gold edged up in futures trade on Monday, supported by a softer rupee and weak sentiment in the equity market. The fresh jitters of trade war and concerns over a slowdown in the economy made investors avoid riskier equities and bet on gold as a safe-haven metal ... Gold Future Price....

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Gold smuggling racket busted, seven arrested

The Hindu 17 Jun 2019

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted a gold smuggling racket from the porous Indo-Myanmar border and seized 32.287 kg of the metal worth ₹10.56 crore, an official said on Sunday ... that they contained foreign-marked gold bars....

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Betting on gold -silver ratio proves costly for local traders

The Times of India 17 Jun 2019

The seemingly ever-rising gold -silver ratio is said to be giving sleepless nights to traders who shorted gold futures and purchased silver futures on domestic commodity derivatives bourses in February when the ratio was around 84 . They expected silver would outperform gold and ......

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Gold prices are at a 14-month high, and awaits cues from US Fed reserve meeting

The Times of India 17 Jun 2019

Gold prices climbed up above $1,350 an ounce and reached 14- month-high. Investors are eyeing the outcome of the Federal Reserve meeting as it is expected to raise the prices of precious metals including gold ... Investors are closely watching the outcome of the meeting as it is expected to have an effect on precious metals like gold....

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1.1 kg gold seized from air passengers

The Hindu 17 Jun 2019

The four passengers had concealed the gold inside condoms in their rectum. The gold was mixed with non-metals in order to avoid detection, the sources said....

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Russia looks at the return of the Gold Standard by the medium of a Gold-Back Cryptocurrency

Inside Bitcoins 17 Jun 2019

Research is underway by the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) to develop a cryptocurrency backed by gold. This cryptocurrency would be used for international settlements and would see the return of the gold benchmark ... Gutenev views gold as the most reliable metal and would provide a secure backdrop to his proposal of a gold-backed cryptocurrency....

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Podcast: Why Gold Jumped 6% in June

Barrons 17 Jun 2019

Three numbers to start your day ... Gold Prices Have climbed 6% This Month. On Friday, the metal touched its highest level since April 2018. Investors typically buy gold as a safe-haven asset when they are concerned about prospects for the world economy and the financial markets ... And that has put gold back in vogue for defensive investors ... ....

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CNET 17 Jun 2019

Mens Womens Sunglasses Aviator Polarized Driving by LUENX - UV 400 Protection Grey Green Lens Gold Metal Frame 60mm ... ....

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Album reviews: Jonas Brothers, Baroness and Jimmie Vaughan

The Bryan Eagle 17 Jun 2019

And five albums into a hot streak that’s won him plaudits and converts who don’t normally associate with metal at all, he takes another great leap forward with “Gold & Grey.” It’s easily their softest album, filled with acoustic and instrumental passages between trademark high-wire set pieces for Baizley and new lead guitarist Gina Gleason....

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Merit of Crypto as Safe Haven Showing: Bitcoin Volume in Hong Kong Spikes

NewsBTC 17 Jun 2019

Firstly, as the company has explained, BTC can act (and has acted) better as a store of value than gold. Unlike the metal, the crypto is mathematically scarce, capped at 21 million units; BTC is decentralized and verifiable through the Internet; BTC is portable and divisible through digital technologies, and is unconfiscatable....

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LUXURY MAGAZINE® Unveils Its Summer 2019 Issue

The Marshall News Messenger 17 Jun 2019

Luxury Card is a global technology, marketing and services company offering three world-class, premium credit cards—Mastercard ® Gold Card ™, Mastercard ® Black Card ™ and Mastercard ® Titanium Card ™ —each with a distinctive, patented metal design and construction....

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Round-tripping still rampant in gold exports

Deccan Chronicle 16 Jun 2019

A large majority —78 per cent — of the gold imported into the country for export purposes is used for round-tripping ... The gold jewellery exporters used 176 tonnes of gold for round-tripping while only 50 tonnes catered to genuine exports in 2018, as per the estimates of precious metals agency GFMS....

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Before Fed meet, gold claims its rightful safe-haven status

Gulf News 16 Jun 2019

Gold, which breached its elusive $1,350 an ounce mark, is finally claiming its rightful status as a safe haven instrument ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting later in the week. International spot gold prices rallied to $1,358.04 (Dh4,987) per ounce, the highest level in 14 months as traders anticipated two rate cuts in 2019....