Goldhub blog: Posts from June 2020

After the virus: learning lessons and building back better with gold

What lessons might we derive from the pandemic and our response to it in order to build back better? And, more specifically, how might these learnings be relevant to the most pressing challenge facing humanity - that of climate change? And, of course, what does this have to do with gold?

India’s gold market in May: Jewellery demand reviving gradually, Indian gold ETFs attract strong inflows

A rising gold price, higher volatility in the equity market and safe-haven demand lured investors towards gold ETFs. Jewellery demand improved in southern India but remained weak elsewhere.

Video: a coffee chat on the Responsible Gold Mining Principles

Terry Heymann, our CFO, participated in a Mining Coffee Chat with Remi Piet, Senior Director Infrastructure, Energy & Natural Resources at Americas Market Intelligence. Watch their conversation on the Responsible Gold Mining Principles and more.

China’s gold market in May: wholesale gold demand down, retail gold consumption up

Ray Jia discusses gold prices, China's economy, gold demand and central bank gold reserves in this update on China's gold market in May.

Central banks remain positive on gold amid COVID-19 risks

Our central banks team, in partnership with Yougov, recently concluded the 2020 Central Bank Gold Reserves Survey. This year’s survey, which saw a jump in the number of responses, shows strong signs of an increase in gold’s relevance for central bank reserve management.

Central banks remain positive towards gold despite lower buying in April

In April, central banks bought another 31.6t based on IMF data. While the monthly increase is not far off the 6-month average (34.7t), it is 24% lower than March and 35% lower than April 2019.