Platinum demand outpaced supply by 995,000 ounces last year. That was 46 percent higher than forecast.
Meanwhile, platinum jewelry sales grew by 8 percent in 2024, and investment demand took off, rising by 77 percent.
The WPIC forecasts that jewelry demand will reach 2 million ounces this year, an increase of 2 percent year-on-year.
Source – Money Metals
Gold inventories in New York are on a path to levels last seen at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, with stockpiles in the city hitting $82 billion.
“People can’t get their hands on gold because so much has been shipped to New York, and the rest is stuck in the queue,” an unnamed industry executive told the FT. “Liquidity in the London market has been diminished.”
“London remains the major gold market in the world. If you are involved in that market and want to trade or use your gold, you really need to have it in London,” BoE governor Andrew Bailey told the U.K.’s Treasury Committee.
Source – Fortune
The coins are available in gold, silver and clad metals and can be purchased individually or as a set. The $5 gold coin depicts the Marine Corps Color Guard; the $1 silver coin shows the flag raising at Iwo Jima; and the half-dollar clad coin features two Marines, one wearing the continental uniform of 1775 with a musket, and the other in modern-day camouflage uniform holding an M4 service rifle.
Source – Stars and Stripes
On April 1, 2025, 24 carat gold is priced at ₹89,330/10 gm, according to data on the Indian Bullion Association (IBA) at 10.15 am. Further, 22 carat gold is priced at ₹81,886/10 gms. Gold bullion prices have remained steady over the past 24 hours.
Silver meanwhile, is priced at ₹1,01,200/kg (Silver 999 Fine) at 10.15 am on April 1, according to the IBA website. On the MCX index, the price of Silver has increased by ₹834 to ₹1,00,899/kg.
Source – Live Mint
Chile’s state copper commission Cochilco on Monday said that prices for the red metal have likely already peaked this year amid an escalating trade war, as U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to further increase tariffs on China.
“Base metals, including copper, are likely to have peaked in 2025 as they will be negatively impacted by the trade dynamics between the U.S. and China,” Cochilco said in a statement.
Cochilco said that if current economic and geopolitical conditions continue, its forecast would weaken.
Source – Reuters
Sales by the United States Mint of the Proof 2025-W American Eagle silver dollar, priced at $95 each, are scheduled to begin at noon Eastern Time Jan. 9.
Source – Coin World / written by Paul Gilkes
Central banks worldwide are on track to buy 1,000 metric tons of gold in 2025, which would be their fourth year of massive purchases as they diversify reserves from dollar-denominated assets into bullion, consultancy Metals Focus said.
The price rally has so far kept purchases by central banks, a crucial category of demand, unaffected with the first-quarter buying in line with the 2022-24 quarterly average, Metals Focus said in its annual report on Thursday.
Jewelry demand for bullion has been hit hard by the price rally. Gold jewelry fabrication fell 9% to 2,011 tons in 2024 and is expected to deliver a 16% slump this year with India and China accounting for much of this decline.
Source – Reuters