The Perth Mint, Western Australia’s historic refinery and mint, has earned a Guinness World Records recognition for the world’s largest gold bar, produced using a casting system designed and built by the Italian group Ikoi, whose name was engraved directly onto the bar in recognition of its technological contribution.

Platinum shares have returned to buy territory after months of falling metals prices, sending valuations lower. The basket price for platinum, palladium and rhodium, the main PGMs, is >30% lower than its January peak.

Hostilities in the Middle East are largely to blame for what is being described as a hiatus in the metals price run. The conflict has increased the likelihood of rate hikes, which ...

“We concluded our previous outlook saying that we expected gold to be below USD 4,000 by year-end,” wrote Rhona O'Connell, Head of Market Analysis for EMEA & Asia at StoneX in the firm’s Q3 Outlook. “Well, that came more quickly than we were expecting and we dipped below USD 4,000 in late June, as the market has largely stood back from any fresh investment.”
StoneX believes gold is very much ...