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Market update: Technology - a brighter outlook?
Changes are afoot in the technology sector. Smartphones are becoming increasingly powerful, electric and self-driving vehicles could revolutionise the automotive industry, and emerging nanotechnology could transform solar energy. All of this could have a positive impact on gold demand.
Sectors: Market insights, Technology
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Gold Investor, September 2017
Welcome to the autumn edition of Gold Investor, where leading commentators and market participants discuss new developments for gold and its evolving global role.
Sectors: Market insights, Demand, Investment
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China’s jewellery market: new perspectives on consumer behaviour
China has gone through remarkable change in the past 30 years. Within one generation, the shape of our economy has altered beyond all recognition: agriculture’s share of output has fallen and the service sector has become an important driver of growth.
Sectors: Market insights, Demand, Jewellery
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Market Update: Price drop likely to spur demand
Following a remarkable performance year-to-date, the gold price fell by over 3% on 4 October, taking it below US$1,300/oz for the first time since the Brexit announcement in June 2016.
Sectors: Market insights, Jewellery, Investment
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Understanding China's Gold Market
Sectors: Market insights, Supply, Recycling, Demand, Jewellery, Investment, Technology, Central banks/official inst.
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China's Gold market: progress and prospects
The report examines the factors that have driven China’s rise to become the number one producer and consumer of gold since the market began liberalising in the late 1990s and consumers were first allowed to buy gold.
Sectors: Market insights, Recycling, Demand, Jewellery, Investment, Technology, Central banks/official inst.
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Market update Q2 2013
April 2013 witnessed a significant drop in gold prices, from US$ 1,535.5/oz on Friday 12 to intraday lows of US$ 1,320/oz on Tuesday 16th before stabilising around US$ 1,390/oz.
Sectors: Market insights, Demand, Jewellery, Investment