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4 results for “Fineness” in Markets
Markets · 8 August 2026
Moving Bullion: The Logistics Nobody Prices
…· The London market clears in 400-ounce bars of variable weight, refined to a minimum 995 fineness. Comex futures deliver against 100-ounce bars and kilobars. Most Asian markets, and the retail demand behind them, want kilobars at 9999 fineness. These are not interchangeable obje…
Ingrid Sørensen · 17 min read
Markets · 20 June 2026
Bring It Home: Central Banks and the Great Gold Repatriation
…able to routine in about a decade. · ~12.4 kg Weight of a Good Delivery bar 995.0 Minimum fineness for Good Delivery 400 oz Nominal bar size, wholesale market Nobody's liability Gold's defining reserve property · The costs nobody advertises · Repatriation is not free, and the bil…
Ingrid Sørensen · 13 min read
Markets · 6 August 2026
Why Central Banks Started Buying Gold Again
…t the metal moving. Refining and upgrading — converting existing holdings of older, lower-fineness bars into current Good Delivery specification so they are tradeable without assay disputes. · Why the reported numbers lag Official reserve statistics are self-reported, published w…
Ingrid Sørensen · 17 min read
Markets · 2 August 2026
Who Actually Sets the Gold Price
There is no single gold price. There is a London settlement number, a New York futures curve, a Shanghai premium and a jeweller's counter in Dubai — and the distance between them is where the market l…
Ingrid Sørensen · 15 min read
