China's Zijin faces delays to its $4 billion swoop for Allied Gold
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2026-05-29 14:23 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Leslie Hook
Financial Times, London
Friday, May 29, 2026
Hong Kong-listed Zijin Gold International's $4 billion takeover of Canada's Allied Gold is facing delays because of opposition from regulators in Beijing, threatening the Chinese group's first major deal since its initial public offering.
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Alasdair Macleod: Open interest collapses in Comex gold and silver
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2026-05-29 13:18 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney, Toronto
Friday, May 29, 2026
As China buys up the bullion, the relevance of paper markets on Comex (and in London) is shrinking. Liquidity and relevance of paper gold and silver relative to bullion are diminishing.
Goldman says dollar surge during Iran war weighed on demand for Treasuries
Submitted by admin on Wed, 2026-05-27 17:07 Section: Daily DispatchesEverybody's intervening surreptitiously in the currency markets but would never intervene in gold, would they?
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By Anya Andrianova
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
A stronger dollar during the first month of the U.S.-Iran conflict spurred foreign official institutions to sell Treasuries, according to Goldman Sachs.
Malaysia jolts bullion trade with 10% import duty on gold bars
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2026-05-26 13:12 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Yihui Xie
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Malaysia has imposed a 10% import duty on some gold bar shipments, according to traders familiar with the matter, disrupting the bullion trade in the Southeast Asian nation.
Some inbound cargoes have been charged a 10% duty since at least early May, traders and dealers said, asking not to be identified as they are not authorized to speak to the media.
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Uzbekistan resumes gold exports after half-year pause
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2026-05-26 10:49 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Yuliya Fedorinova
Blomberg News
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Uzbekistan, one of the largest gold producers, resumed full-scale gold exports in April after a half-year pause.
The nation exported about $1.5 billion of non-monetary gold in the first four months of the year, the National Statistics Committee reported today, indicating that most of it was sold in April.
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Paris Mint to issue first solid-gold coins in a century
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2026-05-26 10:20 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom RTE, Dublin
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
The Paris Mint said that it would soon start selling solid-gold coins for investment, the first since it quit making Napoleons and Louis coins a century ago.
Four versions of the new Marianne coins will go on sale 16 June, ranging from one-tenth of an ounce (3.1 grams) to a full ounce (31.1 grams).
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