{"id":3133,"date":"2013-09-07T20:50:51","date_gmt":"2013-09-07T20:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=3133"},"modified":"2013-09-07T20:50:51","modified_gmt":"2013-09-07T20:50:51","slug":"should-you-join-the-gold-buyers-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=3133","title":{"rendered":"Should you join the gold buyers now?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By\u00a0<\/strong>Kyle Caldwell<\/strong>
\nT<\/em><\/a>he Telegraph (UK)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"goldclub160\"Gold has bounced back as investors seek exposure to the metal in all its forms. Fears of inflation and of conflict in the Middle East are just two of the factors driving demand. Should you be joining the buyers?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The gold price crashed in the first part of 2013 but staged a recovery in late June; the price has risen by more than 20pc. Now consumers in Asia, along with other investors spooked by events in Syria, are driving stronger demand \u2013 just as supply is falling as miners scale back production.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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ETF Securities, which offers gold tracking funds, highlighted the trend in a note published this week. It expects the shortage of gold to intensify. Demand from China is a major factor, it said. \u201cImports of gold from Hong Kong in the first six months of 2013 amounted to 16\u2009million ounces, more than double the amount imported by China over the same period last year,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

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