World Gold News
HKMA considers Exchange Fund gold transfer to HKPMCC vaults in 2026 Policy Address
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is exploring the possibility of increasing the Exchange Fund’s gold holdings and participating in Hong Kong’s spot and futures markets, and is considering gradually transferring its physical gold holdings to designated vaults appointed by…
Deutsche Bank signs SGX memorandum to become a Loco Singapore gold clearing bank
Deutsche Bank has entered a Memorandum of Understanding with Singapore Exchange and other industry participants to act as a gold clearing bank for Loco Singapore, in a media release dated 14 June 2026. Loco Singapore is an over-the-counter gold clearing…
World Gold Council estimates India’s August gold imports at 15–20 tonnes gross
The World Gold Council’s India gold market update of 17 September 2026 estimates India’s gross gold imports in August at 15–20 tonnes. The update puts the discount of domestic prices to import parity, which the World Gold Council defines as…
Hong Kong Government makes gold the entry point of its 2026-2030 five-year plan
Paragraph 2.12 of Part 2 of Hong Kong’s First Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development (2026-2030), announced by the Chief Executive, John Lee, at the Legislative Council on 16 September 2026, states that the Government will develop a commodity…
Ruto plans ban on unprocessed gold exports, with Central Bank of Kenya buying first
President William Ruto said on 14 September 2026, at a media engagement at Kisumu State Lodge, that exporting gold from Kenya without processing and outside approved government channels will be made illegal, with the Central Bank of Kenya as the…
HKMA weighs moving Exchange Fund gold into HKPMCC-designated vaults
Paragraph 45 of the Chief Executive’s 2026 Policy Address, released by the HKSAR Government on 16 September 2026, records that the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is exploring whether to increase the Exchange Fund’s gold holdings and to participate in…
Indonesian customs seizes 29 kg of gold leaving through four international airports
Indonesia’s Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) announced on 15 September 2026 that officers at Kualanamu, Soekarno-Hatta, I Gusti Ngurah Rai and Sam Ratulangi international airports stopped more than 29 kg of gold and suspected gold from leaving the…
India’s Department of Commerce records August gold imports of US$2.3bn, down 57.7%
India’s Department of Commerce released its quick-estimate import table for August 2026 on 15 September, recording gold imports of US$2,298 million against US$5,439 million in August 2025, a fall of 57.7%. The table, sourced from quick estimates of the Directorate…
World Gold Council finds 9% of central banks plan to diversify overseas gold storage
The World Gold Council set out on 15 September 2026 why central banks are moving their gold reserves, citing its 2026 Central Bank Gold Reserves Survey. In that survey, 9% of respondents plan to diversify their overseas storage locations over…