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(Kitco News) – Clean Mining is negotiating with a Nothern Territory services company to test its cyanide-free process technology, the company announced on Thursday.

(Kitco News) – Saying it needs more flexibility to tailor production to serve graphite demand, Syrah Resources announced financing of A$111.6 million (US$76.3 million) on Wednesday.

(Kitco News) – Gold and silver prices are strongly higher in early-afternoon U.S. trading Thursday. Gold has powered to a five-year high, while silver prices hit an 11-week high today.

(Kitco News) – Although gold prices have pushed to within striking distance of $1,400, a level not seen since mid-2013, there is still one risk that investors need to keep an eye on, according to one market analyst.

(Kitco News) – The gold market’s push to new five-year highs on Thursday gives the bulls additional near-term and longer-term technical power to suggest more sideways-to-higher trading action in the coming days, weeks and even months.

(Kitco News) – Traders and analysts are looking for gold to top $1,400 an ounce this year now that the Federal Open Market Committee has indicated that a U.S. interest-rate cut could come as early as next month.

(Kitco News) – It is now time to have your say in where you think gold prices are heading in the short-term.

(Kitco News) – Initial weekly U.S. jobless claims fell by 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 216,000 in the week to Saturday, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

(Kitco News) – Gold prices have dropped but are holding on to its recent gains after the index for current general activity in the Philadelphia Federal Reserve’s manufacturing business outlook survey dropped to nearly zero in June.

(Kitco News) – Gold soared as the dollar sagged following a dovish outcome of a Federal Open Market Committee meeting on Wednesday, said INTL FCStone.