Press releases

The direct economic impact of gold, an independent research report by economists at PwC and commissioned by the World Gold Council, is the first to take into account the entire value chain from large scale mining supply to consumer demand in order to quantify how gold contributes to local and global…

The World Gold Council has announced the appointment of Randall Oliphant as its new Chairman. Mr Oliphant is Executive Chairman of the Canadian gold producer New Gold Inc. and succeeds Ian Telfer, Chairman of Goldcorp Inc., who steps down from the Board.

Following the recent appointments of Kevin Feldman as Managing Director of Investment globally and Robert Alderman as Managing Director, Private Investment, the World Gold Council has further strengthened its investment expertise with the addition of William Rhind as Managing Director of its Institutional…

The latest World Gold Council Gold Demand Trends report, which covers the period April-June 2013, highlights how recent falls in the gold price have generated significant increases in demand, most notably from consumers in China and India - by far the biggest markets for gold - compared with the same…

which includes the research paper “Gold and US interest rates: a reality check”. The paper analyses the impact on the gold market of higher interest rates, as financial markets factor in the impact any decision by the US Federal Reserve to wind down QE and tighten monetary policy might have. Its…