World Gold News
Bolivia ties the M-03 gold export form to 80% of earlier proceeds banked locally
Bolivia’s government published Decreto Supremo 5747 (DS 5747) on 14 October 2026, making the M-03, the single export form issued by the mineral-trade registry SENARECOM, conditional on repatriated foreign currency. A gold exporter obtains the form once it shows that…
Indonesia’s Ministry of Trade sets late-October gold export benchmark on LBMA Gold PM
Indonesia’s Ministry of Trade (Kemendag) announced on 14 October 2026 the gold export benchmark and reference prices for the second half of October, set by Minister of Trade Decree No. 2008 of 2026. The export benchmark price (HPE) for 15…
OJK reports 153 tonnes under Pegadaian and BSI, 94 tonnes of it pawn collateral
Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK) reported on 6 March 2026, at the launch of its Bullion Business and Ecosystem Roadmap 2026–2031, that gold managed by Indonesian financial services institutions stood at 153.05 tonnes at end-February 2026, all of it held by…
LBMA counts 9,821 tonnes of gold in London vaults, Bank of England included
LBMA published its London vault holdings data for September 2026, recording 9,821 tonnes of gold in London vaults at the end of the month, a total that includes the Bank of England’s gold holdings alongside the commercial vaults. The figure…
World Gold Council puts August central bank gold buying at 39 net tonnes
Central banks reported net purchases of 39 tonnes of gold in August 2026 and 170 tonnes since January, according to the World Gold Council’s central bank gold statistics for August, published on 6 October 2026. The World Gold Council compiles…
IMF puts Bank of Ghana’s 2025 purchases of artisanal gold at around 104 tonnes
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) records in its Selected Issues Paper on the Bank of Ghana’s Domestic Gold Purchase Programme, published in August 2026 as SIP/2026/084, that the Bank of Ghana bought and exported around 104 tonnes of artisanal and…
Bundesbank’s Nagel puts gold at almost 25% of central bank reserves by market value
Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel put gold at almost 25% of global central bank reserves in 2025, up from around 14% in 2023, in his keynote speech to the LBMA/LPPM Global Precious Metals Conference in Sorrento on 5 October 2026. The…
People’s Bank of China raises gold reserves to 77.47 million fine ounces in September
The State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) published the September update of China’s 2026 official reserve assets table on 7 October, putting the People’s Bank of China’s gold at 77.47 million fine troy ounces at the end of September against…
PBOC and China Customs draft AML, tax and FX record test for gold import permits
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) and the General Administration of Customs (China Customs) published a draft revision of the Measures for the Administration of Gold and Gold Products Import and Export for public comment on 26 June 2026. Its…