This report analyses both Q4 2024 and full year 2024 supply and demand as well as providing a revised forecast for 2025.
- Full year 2024 deficit of almost 1Moz and 2025 forecast deficit up 57% to 848 koz on updated forecast
- Total supply up 3% in 2024 and is forecast to reduce 4% in 2025
- Automotive demand at 3,130 koz in 2024 and 3,102 koz in 2025 despite headwinds
- Jewellery demand up 8% in 2024, to grow 2% in 2025 to 6-year high
- Investment demand up 77% in 2024 on strong exchange traded fund (ETF) inflows and large bar demand in China
- Above ground stocks fell 23% in 2024 and to fall 25% in 2025 to 2,535 koz, less than four months’ worth of demand