A Valcambi bar carries one of the most recognizable marks in the gold market, and that recognition was built rather than inherited. From a single plant in Balerna, in the Ticino canton of Switzerland, Valcambi spent decades turning a bar…
A PAMP Suisse bar is among the most recognized objects in the gold market, and that recognition has a specific history. From a single refinery in the Ticino canton of Switzerland, PAMP turned a commodity — a bar of fine…
Mined gold reaches the refinery as doré, a semi-refined casting that has to be processed before any market will settle it as bullion. Doré runs typically 60–90% fine, the balance mostly silver with base metals such as copper, iron, and…
Spot gold traded near $4,100 per ounce on 11 June 2026, after an intraday print of $4,023.95 — the weakest level since November 2025 — and roughly 26% below the record of $5,595 set on 29 January, leaving the metal…
How much does a gold bar weigh? It depends on the format: gold bars range from one-gram bars up to wholesale bars that run past twelve kilograms. Two things keep the answer from being a single number. Gold is weighed…
Gold is trading near $4,500 an ounce as of mid-2026, below the year-end targets most major banks set when the market still expected the US Federal Reserve to cut. The desks that move size — among them the investment banks…
