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LBMA Good Delivery refined gold (≥99.5%) alloyed to karat for jewelry. Price is set on global bullion markets; jewelry is the largest single demand category for gold.
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Source countries
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Companies
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Goods affected
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Claims on record
What depends on it
1 essential American goods rely on refined gold bullion (jewelry grade) somewhere upstream in their supply chain.
Where it comes from
Share of global supply, by country.
| Country | Share of supply |
|---|---|
| CHSwitzerland | 27% |
| CACanada | 21% |
| MXMexico | 11% |
| AUAustralia | 9% |
| COColombia | 7% |
| ZASouth Africa | 7% |
| ARArgentina | 4% |
| NINicaragua | 3% |
| ECEcuador | 2% |
| PEPeru | 1% |
| SGSingapore | 1% |
| JPJapan | 1% |
Who makes it
5 companies produce refined gold bullion (jewelry grade).
World's largest precious metals recycler and a major PGM refiner; Hanau (Germany) is primary site with €35M expansion by 2026 adding electrolytic lines; also operates PGM recycling in South Africa (Port Elizabeth), USA (Santa Fe Springs CA, Wartburg TN), China (Taicang), and India (Udaipur).
Swiss precious-metals refiner (LBMA Good Delivery).
Major Swiss precious-metals refiner and bullion brand (MKS PAMP).
World's largest single gold refinery by capacity; refines much of African gold.
One of the four big Swiss gold refiners (LBMA Good Delivery); among the largest precious-metal refineries worldwide.
