Rand Refinery is the only refiner in Africa on the LBMA Good Delivery List, and one of seven refiners the LBMA appoints as Referees — the laboratories that assess applicants to the List, monitor the refiners already on it, and…
Gold posted its first weekly gain after four straight losses in the week to 5 July 2026. Golden Ark Reserve’s indicative reference stood at $4,175.01 per ounce as of 07:59 UTC on 5 July, up from about $4,070 at the…
A gold price move reaches a treasury desk or an investment committee as an attribution problem: the same weekly change can trace to a real-yield repricing, an official-sector purchase programme, or an ETF liquidation, and each cause carries a different…
Week of 6–10 July 2026. Indicative XAU/USD reference: $4,032.50/oz — mid-quote, as of 30 June 2026, 11:59 UTC. The figure is an indicative market reference for valuation and sizing, not an executable price; a binding figure on a specific lot…
Gold fell for a fourth straight week into 27 June 2026, trading near $4,070 an ounce after dropping below $4,000 midweek for the first time since November 2025 and touching a seven-month low. The decline tracked the U.S. rate path…
When a physical gold position is sold, the price realized is the dealer’s bid, not the spot quote — and the gap between the two is set in the minutes before payment, when the buyer establishes what the bar actually…
