The World of Gold The Inside Story of Who Mines, Who Markets, Who Buys Gold

Twenty-five years on from the first edition, Timothy Green has again visited the frontiers of gold, to look not just at the new mines of Australia, Canada, Latin America and the United States, that together have almost eclipsed South Africa, but the round-the-world, round-the-clock markets of Dubai, Hong Kong, Istanbul, New York, Singapore, Tokyo and Zurich.;He reports from India (still a sponge for gold) and China which is rapidly becoming the greatest buyer. He considers the perception of gold in the 1990s among the central bankers (some of whom are selling their traditional stocks), investors and market makers in futures and options. He calls on the smugglers, who still spirit up to half the world's gold output at some point on its way to eventual destination.;Timothy Green is the author of "How to Buy Gold", "The New World of Gold", "The Prospect for Gold", "The Gold Companion", "Precious Heritage", "The World of Diamonds", "The Smugglers", "The Adventurers" and, with Maureen Green, "The Good Water Guide".