World Gold News
SGX to clear Loco Singapore gold by end-2026; MAS to vault central bank gold
Singapore Exchange (SGX) will establish an over-the-counter clearing system for Loco Singapore gold by end-2026, with interbank trading on the system expected to build from 2027, according to the opening speech by Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) chairman Gan Kim…
GoldBod stops approving unrefined doré exports by Ghana’s Self-Financing Aggregators
The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), through its Compliance Directorate, directed Self-Financing Aggregators on 24 August 2026 to have gold doré refined in Ghana before export, with effect from 1 September 2026. From that date GoldBod approves no export of unrefined…
Gold goes into the Fed’s 16 September decision with the US 10-year yield near 5%
The US 10-year Treasury yield touched 5 percent on 14 September for the first time since 2023, two days before the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee, chaired by Kevin Warsh, announces its decision at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on…
World Gold Council reports Shanghai Gold Exchange withdrawals at 62 tonnes in August
The World Gold Council’s China gold market update for August, published on 14 September 2026, reports that gold withdrawals from the Shanghai Gold Exchange fell to 62 tonnes in August, 22% below July and 27% below August 2025. The World…
LBMA requires 10 tonnes of gold a year and £15m net worth for Good Delivery listing
LBMA’s Good Delivery List Rules, dated January 2026 set the conditions a refiner must meet to join the Good Delivery List and to stay on it. Rule 4.1.1 requires a minimum tangible net worth of £15,000,000 and a minimum annual…
LBMA adds Shenzhen Zhonghenglong to the gold Good Delivery List, now 67 refiners
LBMA has added the gold refinery of Shenzhen Zhonghenglong Industrial Co Ltd to its Good Delivery List for gold with effect from 17 August 2026. The company satisfied LBMA on ownership, history, production capability and financial standing, and passed a…
Bank of Namibia raises its gold reserve target from 1% to 3% by end-March 2027
The Bank of Namibia is raising gold from 1% to 3% of its international reserves by the end of March 2027, a target the World Gold Council records in its Central Bank Gold Statistics of 3 September 2026 from a…
Bulgarian National Bank transfers reserve gold to the ECB under Decision 2026/115
The Bulgarian National Bank transferred foreign reserve assets in US dollars and gold to the European Central Bank with effect from 1 January 2026, under Decision (EU) 2026/115 of 31 December 2025 (ECB/2025/44), published in the Official Journal on 15…
Venezuela requests repatriation of US$4bn of gold reserves from the Bank of England
The Venezuelan government has requested the repatriation of around US$4bn of its gold reserves held at the Bank of England, recorded in the World Gold Council’s central bank gold statistics for July 2026, published on 3 September. The same note…