The Latest Breaking News from the World Gold Council

Gold is having a blockbuster year, and speculation is mounting that there's more than just inflation or tariff hedging behind the move — with some experts now floating the possibility that the Donald Trump administration may be quietly buying gold.

Interest rates, inflation and geopolitical crises are providing the metal with its strongest annual performance since 1979

Chinese officials have announced the discovery of a massive deposit of high-quality gold ore, potentially worth around $83 billion, which could end up being the largest known deposit of the precious metal anywhere in the world.

Western investors, through physical ETFs, are finally joining the global gold rush led by central banks, Asian investors, and wealthy investors. Holdings of physically backed gold ETFs have risen by 90.4 tons, equivalent to $7.3 billion, since May, according to data from the World Gold Council, and GLD holdings expanded…

The sound of gentle tapping filled a jewellery workshop in southern China as a craftsman hammered pine leaf patterns onto a soft slab of gold in the style of old ink paintings.

Global gold-backed ETFs saw their eighth consecutive month of outflows in January, driven by redemptions in North America, as investors reevaluated their b...

Emerging countries are often collateral damage to the Fed’s interest rate hikes—and now more of those countries want to insulate themselves from that volatility.

Global demand for gold among investors is growing this year thanks to turmoil in the banking sector, geopolitical tensions and a challenging economic environment, leading more people to flock to the precious metal as a safe-haven asset, says the World Gold Council (WGC).