Monday, June 30, 2014
The silver refinery of Hunan Huaxin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd (Hunan Huaxin) of China has been added to the LBMA’s Good Delivery List for silver with effect from 30th June, 2014. Read More
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
To view the programme click here.
To view The LBMA Singapore Bullion Market Forum 2014 delegate list click here. Read More
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
The LBMA held a Seminar on 20th June which was open to LBMA members, ISDA member's and other bullion market participants to assess presentations from possible solution providers for a London daily silver price mechanism. Read More
Monday, June 23, 2014
The LBMA is pleased to announce that the following Good Delivery gold refiners have successfully passed its Responsible Gold Audit Programme. Read More
Thursday, June 19, 2014
As part of its on-going London Silver Price Consultation, the LBMA will be holding a seminar on the 20th June. Read More
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Olivier Demierre describes the rationale for Responsible Sourcing and illustrates how MKS PAMP has for long worked with a number of bodies and industry participants to implement this exigence in the precious metal industry. Read More
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
What caused last spring’s historic crash is less important now than how it has changed our market since. Gold prices fell 30% across 2013, yet squeezed nearly all that drop into Q2 alone and achieved almost half of it in two days in April. Such violence unleashed Asian bargain-buying, needed to match Western selling... Read More
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
News of the record-breaking salvage recovery of silver bars aboard SS Gairsoppa, sunk off the Irish coast in 1941, brought to mind the 1981 salvage operation of HMS Edinburgh. Dr Michele Blagg has delved into various historical archives to bring the fascinating story of HMS Edinburgh to life. Read More
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Using certified silver standards produced by the LBMA, researchers at the Goethe University have undertaken analysis of the composition of silver coin dating back to 500 BC in order to understand the origins of the silver bullion used to mint the coinage and also the changes caused by key historical events over the last 2,000 years or more. Read More
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
The growth of China’s gold market has been phenomenal. China went from accounting for 7% of global gold demand in 2003 to 26% in 2013. Jewellery demand more than trebled and, once the prohibition of private ownership of gold bullion was lifted in 2004, investment demand soared. The World Gold Council recently produced a report considering the reasons behind this growth and exploring what the future holds for China. A synopsis of this report is reproduced here by Alistair Hewitt. Read More