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2. Agenda
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• Review of demand
• Supply: Will Tankard, Research Director, GFMS, Thomson Reuters
• Conclusion
3. Gold demand remains within elevated post financial
crisis range
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4. Q2’14 demand was unsurprisingly weaker than
exceptional Q2’13
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5. The gold price was less volatile than in Q2’13
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6. Easing of some import restrictions alleviated supply
pressures in India
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7. Indian and Chinese consumer demand outlook
remains positive
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8. Investment demand retreated from 2013 extremes
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9. Central banks remain solid net purchasers
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10. Q2 jewellery demand weaker YoY, but broad uptrend
remains intact
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12. Old gold scrap
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13. The current state of the gold mining industry
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• Higher gold prices resulted in
lower cut-off and processed
grades.
• Increasing production on capacity
expansions.
• Surging mining cost inflation in
tandem with rising gold prices.
• Rampant M&A activity at
excessive valuations.
• High gold prices promote
development of new projects, high
capital investment expenditure.
• Lower gold prices leading to higher
cut-off and processed grades.
• Increased production on higher
processed grades.
• Lower gold prices force producers
to control mining costs – efficiency.
• Falloff in M&A, large impairments
and asset divestments.
• Lower gold prices force a rethink
to capital investment allocation
and prioritisation.
Previous decade Now
17. Conclusion
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• Demand was 16% lower than the exceptional Q2 2013
• Investment demand was 4% higher year on year; its constituent parts pulled in from the
extremes witnessed in Q2 last year:
- ETF outflows, at 40t, were a 10th of what they were
- Bar and coin demand fell 353t to 273t
• At 118t central banks recorded their 14th consecutive quarter of positive net demand; fourth
CBGA signed
• Compared to a record Q2 2013, jewellery demand was down 30% to 510t, but it was 11%
on Q2 2012 and the broad uptrend remains in tact.
• Q2 supply was up 10%, driven by an increase in mine producing and net hedging.
World Gold Council | Gold Demand Trends Second Quarter 2014 | August 2014