Lengthy but well reasoned conclusion
- in a nutshell the LBMA (Largest OTC physical gold market) clears....
- 29 million ounces transferred (cleared) per day
- my speak - 902 tonnes....per day
- ie just 10% resulting from.... HUUUUGE - trading volume of.... 9,020 metric tonnes of gold.... per day
(being executed through the London market).
9020 TONEES ....PER>>> DAY
According to the World Gold Council,
- ANNUAL (not daily) gold mining production was ....only 2,800 tonnes... in 2012
- and recycled gold supply only added another (ANNUAL) 1,600 tonnes,
- creating ...annual physical supply.... of 4,400 tonnes in total.
So
- Given physical supply, 4,400 Tonnes...anually
- then the 9000+ tonnes........ traded per day
- is extremely hard to fathom.
https://www.goldcore.com/goldcore_blog/london-bullion-market-association-june-clearing-turnover-statistics
Concludes with
- The LBMA clearing statistics therefore essentially represent
- huge daily trading , not through physical......but through unallocated accounts,
- most of which..." is classified"... as spot delivery,
- but which ......is backed by.... very small....... physical metal foundations
Furthermore....
In the clearing statistics, the category occupied by
- “physical transfers and shipments of gold by the six clearing members”,
- patently
- cannot be in the order more ......1% (ONE %) of the trading statistics
- and by inference, cannot be more than... 1% (ONE %)of the clearing statistics.