The International Gold Trade International Gold Trade

Activity in the gold markets has focused investors' attention on this unique commodity. To provide the reader with a better understanding of the trade the book is set out in three sections. The first sketches the structure of the gold market from the point of view of the commodity analyst before reviewing in detail the institutions and practices of bullion and futures trading; the second looks at gold mining setting the boom of the past decade in the context of a longer term perspective; the third surveys the used of gold, past and present, and discusses the metal's future prospects Content: Front Matter , Page i Copyright , Page ii Dedication , Page vi Preface , Pages vii-viii Note , Pages ix-x CHAPTER 1 - The structure of the market , Pages 3-21 CHAPTER 2 - Bullion trading centres and transactions , Pages 22-52 CHAPTER 3 - Bullion offtake and international trade , Pages 53-88 CHAPTER 4 - Futures and options markets , Pages 89-111 CHAPTER 5 - Geology, mining and refining , Pages 115-122 CHAPTER 6 - Gold mining — the big producers , Pages 123-164 CHAPTER 7 - Gold mining — other producers , Pages 165-185 CHAPTER 8 - Jewellery , Pages 189-209 CHAPTER 9 - Industry and coinage , Pages 210-232 CHAPTER 10 - Gold as money , Pages 233-256 CHAPTER 11 - The gold price — history and prospects , Pages 257-268 APPENDIX I - Gold bars and products , Pages 269-270 APPENDIX II - The A to Z of options , Pages 271-273 APPENDIX III - Soviet gold exports and reserves , Pages 274-276 APPENDIX IV - China's gold reserves , Pages 277-278 Bibliography , Pages 279-283 Index , Pages 284-291 Tony Warwick-ching. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 279-283.