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Responsible Gold Supply Chains: Due Diligence Standards and Swiss Compliance
Responsible gold supply chains have moved from a niche concern to a central element of the global gold industry’s operating framework. For Switzerland — …
Markets
Swiss Gold Refining Industry: Global Dominance and Market Structure
Switzerland processes approximately two-thirds of the world’s gold, a concentration unparalleled in any other commodity sector. The country’s four …
Markets Intelligence
Metals Trading in Switzerland: Copper, Gold, and the LME Connection to Zug
Switzerland's commodity trading reputation was built on oil, but its metals trading operations are in many ways more structurally significant — and more durable. From Glencore's dominance of global copper and cobalt supply to Swiss refineries that process 70% of the world's newly mined gold, the country's metals trading ecosystem extends from Zug to London's LME and back through the vaults of Geneva's private banks.