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Gold mining's contribution to SDG 10
One of the ways gold mining companies are contributing to SDG 10 is by taking steps to ensure that economic and educational opportunities.
2020: A remarkable year for gold ETFs
In this video, Adam Perlaky explores our latest gold ETF data and commentary and discusses the remarkable year that gold ETFs had in 2020.
Central banks return to net sales in November
Following net purchases in October, central banks returned to net selling in November. Global official reserves decline by 6.5t during the month. Like August and September, when central banks were also net sellers, this was the result of continued moderate buying being offset by a few sizeable sales.
India’s gold market in November: Indian retail demand continued to improve with Dhanteras and wedding sales
Explore India's gold market in November - gold prices, economic recovery, India's retail gold market and more...
China’s gold market in November: wholesale gold demand improves as the peak season for gold retail sales approaches
Explore China's gold market in November - gold prices, China's economic signals, gold demand and more
Higher prices and lower costs significantly raise miners’ margins in Q3’20
Despite a challenging year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, gold miners are now benefiting from significantly higher margins resulting from a continued focus on operational and cost efficiencies combined with a strong gold price.
Tracking gold mining's steps on the path to net zero
Our new research suggests where, over the next decade, we might expect gold mining to be if it continues on its current direction of travel, particularly if the sector is able to extend and accelerate current trends.
Equivalency Benchmarks – Dealing with Audit Fatigue
An equivalency benchmark, comparing the Responsible Gold Mining Principles and ICMM’s Mining Principles was released today, helping to increase the efficiency of audits.
Central banks resume gold buying in October
Following two consecutive months of net sales, central banks resumed buying in October: global official gold reserves rose by 22.8t on a net basis.
India’s gold market in October: Indian retail demand improved but still lower y-o-y
Explore India's gold market in September - gold prices, economic recovery, India's retail gold market and more...
Should gold mining be considered an impact investment?
Globally there’s an increasing shift of funds towards responsible and ethical investments. Contributor Jeff Swinoga explores gold mining as a responsible investment choice.
Gold falls as positive news dominates the markets
While gold held important support levels of around US$1,850/oz for the past four months, it broke that level yesterday and has continued lower today, near US$1,800/oz, as the perception of market risks fall.
China’s gold market in October: higher jewellery retail sales, seasonally lower wholesale gold demand
Gold prices saw marginal declines in October. Even though the US presidential election and a significant rebound in COVID-19 infection cases in many regions kept uncertainty elevated globally, climbing real interest rates in key markets such as the US and China weighed on local gold prices. As a result, the SHAUPM (RMB) and LBMA Gold Price AM (USD) fell by 1.8% and 0.4% respectively in the month.
Terry Heymann
Chief Financial Officer
Congratulations to the 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining
Today Women in Mining UK recognised women all over the world that are making significant contributions to the mining sector. As part of 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining (WIM100) many women from our Member companies have been recognised and nominated by their peers for making positive and impactful contributions to the industry.
Major commodity indices will increase gold weightings for a second year in a row
Two major commodities indices -The S&P GSCI and Bloomberg Commodity (BCOM) Index - recently announced that for a second year in a row, their weighting of gold will increase.
COVID-19 vaccine improves outlook, yet gold remains relevant
Our Head of Research explores recent events, looking at how they have impacted on gold in the short term and the key questions now facing investors moving forward.
World Gold Council
Market development organisation
Webinar: Q3 Gold Demand Trends and 2020 Outlook
On Friday 30th October, our sales and research teams hosted a webinar for professional investors, where they dived into the key findings from our industry-leading Q3 2020 Gold Demand Trends report.
Gold and the US election
This blog explores a common question we have been getting 'how much influence will the US election have on gold demand and its performance?"
