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Global gold demand in Q1 2017 was 1,034.5t. The 18% y-o-y decline suffers from the comparison with Q1 2016, which was the strongest ever first quarter. Inflows into ETFs of 109.1t, although solid, were nonetheless a fraction of last year’s near-record inflows. 

In 2015 India was the world’s fast growing economy; in recent years millions have been lifted out of poverty and India’s middle class has swelled. This is important because our econometric analysis indicates income growth drives gold demand. 

Gold demand in the fourth quarter increased 4% year-on-year to a 10-quarter high of 1,117.7t. Full year demand was virtually unchanged, down just a fraction (-14t) to 4,212t. 

Our report, Turkey: gold in action, explores the role gold plays across the entire value chain, and assesses gold’s economic contribution to Turkey.   

A short video highlighting the social and economic contributions of responsible gold mining and our Member companies in Peru and South America.

Representatives from international NGOs, refiners, industry groups and the UK Department for International Development (DFID) all describe the Standard as a major step forward in providing trust and transparency in the gold supply chain. 

This is the second edition of the Responsible gold mining and value distribution report, covering 2013 data. It further demonstrates the impact the responsible gold mining industry has in supporting economic development in host countries. 

This, the second Responsible Mining and Value Distribution report from the World Gold Council, explains the continued contribution responsible gold mining can make in supporting economic development in host countries. This edition was released at the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development in Geneva, October 2014.