Before joining the Investing News Network as senior editor, Andrew was an editor at MINING.com, a mining and mineral exploration blog covering the global mining industry and commodities markets. With a background in newspaper and trade magazine reporting, Andrew has written for the Black Press newspaper chain in British Columbia, Business in Vancouver and Baum Publications, where he edited magazines on construction and environmental technology. Andrew also has experience in transportation logistics, having worked at the Port of Vancouver and for Korean shipping giant Hanjin. He studied journalism and political science, and earned a Master's degree from the London School of Economics. In his spare time Andrew enjoys cooking, playing squash and travel.
Gold prices rose May 22 due to a falling U.S. dollar and the U.S. Federal Reserve officials diminished investors’ fears that it would be reducing its bond-buying program, Reuters reported.
Palladium, named after Pallas Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, is a rare metal from the same group as platinum, but with the mailable and ductile characteristics of gold.
Silver prices fell to $22 an ounce May 20, a decline of $0.528. Earlier in trading, silver declined to $20.84, the lowest price seen since September 2010, Reuters reported.
