Press Releases

The Honourable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi has launched the Indian Gold Coin and Indian Gold Bullion at 7 Race Course Road, New Delhi on 5 November 2015. Both, the coin as well as the bullion will be the first ever national gold offerings by Government of India.

The World Gold Council and China National Gold Group Corporation (China Gold) have today announced that China Gold has now become a member of the World Gold Council and joined the Board. China Gold is currently the only Chinese gold mining company member of the World Gold Council.

At the Denver Gold Forum today, the World Gold Council and Denver Gold Group announced their intention to work together more closely. Combined, these two organisations represent the majority of the world’s gold miners, in terms of production, mineral reserves and market value.

A new report, Developing Indian Hallmarking – A roadmap for future growth, released today by the World Gold Council, finds that improvements to the hallmarking system in India are essential to a successful gold monetisation scheme.

The World Gold Council, the market development organisation for the gold industry, today announces the appointment of Mukesh Kumar and Carole Lu to the Market Intelligence Group, which provides comprehensive research, analysis and insight on the global gold industry.

The first three months of 2015 saw stable gold demand, according to the latest Gold Demands Trends report from the World Gold Council. Total demand for Q1 2015 was 1,079 tonnes (t), down just 1% on the same period last year.

“The Ups and Downs of Gold Recycling: Understanding Market Drivers and Industry Challenges,” written and published today by the World Gold Council and The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), analysesthe economic drivers of the global gold recycling market and highlights important future industry trends including; a shift in concentration of gold recycling from west to east, increased difficulty in obtaining gold from electronic products as less is used in modern devices, and potential consolidation within the recycling industry across the entire value chain.