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    New findings from the World Gold Council highlight gold mining’s opportunity to achieve net-zero via energy transition

    The World Gold Council's ‘Gold and Climate Change: The Energy Transition’ report looks at gold mining’s energy transition and climate impacts over the next decade. 

    The World Gold Council welcomes Torex Gold as a new Member

    The World Gold Council, the market development organisation for the gold industry, announces Torex Gold Resources Inc. (‘Torex Gold’) has joined its Board of Members.

    24K Hard Gold Jewellery Industry Standard Advocate launch event held in Beijing

    On November 19th in Beijing, at the 2020 China Jewellery Industry Capital Forum-Gold Market Development Forum and the Launch Event of “24K Hard Gold Jewellery Industry Standard” Advocate, the five major gold industry associations and the five leading gold jewellery retail companies joined hands with various participating organizations and launched the Advocate together, to vigorously promote the standardization process of 24K hard gold products.

    “Gold Responsibility & Paramount Mission” — Chinese Gold Industry’s Epidemic Prevention and Anti-Epidemic Social Responsibility Report released in Beijing

    The Press Release of Chinese Gold Industry’s Epidemic Prevention and Anti-Epidemic Social Responsibility Report themed “Gold Responsibility & Paramount Mission”, co-organized by China Gold Association, Shanghai Gold Exchange, World Gold Council and Sina Finance, was held in Beijing on 6 November.

    Strong growth in global investment demand for gold in Q3 partially offset weakness elsewhere as consumers battled the effects of COVID-19

    Global gold demand dropped by 19% y-o-y to 892t in Q3, as consumers continued to feel the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was the lowest quarterly total since Q3 2009. The Year-to-date demand of 2,972.1t was 10% lower versus the same period in 2019, according to the World Gold Council’s latest Gold Demand Trends report.