Jonathan Brooks, head of Mining at Fieldfisher, considers how investor and activist pressure is shifting respect for sustainability and ethics from option to obligation.
Gold Investor: risk management and capital preservation, Volume 4, has been published by the World Gold Council, providing access to its latest research on the relevance of gold as an asset class.
In value terms, gold demand in 2012 was US$236.4bn - an all-time high - while demand for the final quarter of the year was 6% higher year-on-year at US$66.2bn, marking the highest ever Q4 total.