Egypt bans gold exports, miner says not affected

Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:06am GMT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt on Sunday banned the export of gold for the next four months, a measure bankers said seemed aimed at preventing businessmen and former government officials who acquired capital illegally from transferring it abroad. An official from a gold mine in Egypt said he was confident it was not aimed at gold production but at individual exports. ...

Galactic Gold: A Valentine Story

Ever wonder where the gold in your wedding ring came from? This Valentine's Day, we ask Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of New York City's Hayden Planetarium, to explain the history of the rare element. In the Beginning According to Tyson, author of Death by Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandries, all gold on Earth started out in the center...

China gold demand growing at "explosive" pace: ICBC

Wed Feb 16(Reuters) - Demand in China for physical gold and gold-related investments is growing at an "explosive" pace and its appetite for the yellow metal is poised to remain robust amid inflation concerns, said an Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) executive. ICBC (1398.HK)(601398.SS), the world's largest bank by market value, sold about 7 tonnes of physical gold in...