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LBMA ANNOUNCES CINNOBER’S BOAT AS THE CHOSEN PROVIDER FOR TRADE REPORTING AND TRANSPARENCY PROJECT  Read More

Editorial Comment By Edel Tully, Global Head of Precious Metals Distribution, UBS Investment Bank and Chairwoman of the LBMA’s Public Affairs Committee.  Read More

The LBMA is launching a new online Member portal to enhance communication with and service to its Members. The portal launches in early 2017 and will use the UK’s leading membership management solution, Silverbear Customer Relationship Management (CRM) technology.   Read More

In this feature, Sunil and Albert chart the growth of the bullion market in Singapore and the role the SBMA has played in helping to shape it.   Read More

Atomising creates fine-grade precious metal (PM) powders which have made a compelling impact on world markets. It liberalises alloy composition for PM refining and produces powders for many distinct industrial applications. PM powders have triggered the creation of heretofore unimagined products, and new industries have been forged with slashed costs and bolstered profits.   Read More

As US monetary policy and nagging tail risks continue to take centre stage, it is tempting to view gold’s fundamentals, among them Chinese demand, as irrelevant to gold price moves. A review of historical price data, however, suggests that China’s appetite for gold can influence the price.  Read More

Since the end of the gold standard in the early 1970s, gold’s role in the world economy has closely tracked periods of economic and political turmoil, expanding when confidence declines and retreating when confidence returns. The rise in demand for gold among investors, savers, central banks and consumers since the onset of the financial crisis in 2007 owes much to the safety and liquidity of gold relative to other assets.   Read More

This is a transcript of the Keynote address which Ruth delivered at the 2016 India International Gold Convention (IIGC) in Agra, India, on 11 August, 2016.  Read More

While he was at Cambridge, where he studied history and edited the University newspaper, Timothy Green began to write as a journalist. He then joined the London office of Time-Life, where he was a writer working with some of the great LIFE photographers. Here he looks back on his long career in the gold business.  Read More