The 9th China Gold & Precious Metals summit to be held on Dec 3-4

The conference will highlight precious metal prices and the supply & demand fundamentals for gold, silver, platinum and palladium, multiple headwinds weighing on gold

SHANGHAI (Bullion Street): The 9th China Gold & Precious Metals Summit 2014, an annual precious metals gathering co-hosted by the Shanghai Gold & Jewelry Trade Association and IGVision International Corporation Shanghai and jointly endorsed by the China Gold Association and the Shanghai Gold Exchange, is scheduled on December 3-4, 2014 in Shanghai China.

As Chinas largest networking and information exchange platform for gold & precious metals industry, China Gold & Precious Metals Summit has convened over 2100 senior executives from across the precious metals community including mining companies, refiners & fabricators, bullion dealers, mints, commodity & mercantile exchanges, investment & bullion banks, traders, brokerage firms, money managers, asset managers, central banks, sovereign wealth funds, jewelers, consultancies, service providers, trade associations as well as lawmakers in the past eight years.

Now in its 9th year, the conference will highlight precious metal prices and the supply & demand fundamentals for gold, silver, platinum and palladium, multiple headwinds weighing on gold as a combination of a firmer U.S. dollar, a strengthening U.S. recovery and a less accommodative Fed going forward, overall weak sentiment toward gold and silver as a result of better returns in equities and higher U.S. real rates, subdued physical gold demand out of China and India, China’s push for a global trading platform for gold in Shanghai, the move by senior producers toward lower costs and capital discipline, and the ECB’s stance on further monetary easing to combat falling inflation.

What Will You Take Away From the Event?

-Finding out where gold and silver are headed amid dollar strength, looming U.S. rate hikes, and a rotational shift out of haven assets

-Identifying China’s efforts to have greater influence over gold pricing by launching an international physical gold exchange in Shanghai

-Investigating China’s economic slowdown coupled with a weaker yuan and the country’s physical gold buying related to collateral financing and the implications for the

-Chinese demand going forward

-Determining the Federal Reserve’s stance on the timing of an eventual rate hike on the back of an improving labor market and a gradual rise in inflation expectations

-Examining growing pressure on the ECB to implement bond-buying program amid worries about low inflation and sluggish growth in the eurozone and its impact on the euro, the greenback and gold

-Knowing about miners’ response to focus on profits, costs, cash flow and capital discipline in a lower price environment and its effects on mine supply in the years to come

-Scrutinizing the continuation of gold-import restrictions in India in spite of the country’s improving economy and narrowing current account deficit-Probing into ebbing investment demand for gold reflected by tepid interest from futures traders and ETF investors in the face of dollar strength and a stock market at record highs

-Understanding a turnaround in growth concerns across advanced economies and the impact on the fabrication demand for silver in the years ahead-Looking into sizable deficits resulting from a five-month strike coupled with improving demand from the auto sector and physically backed ETFs and the longer-term implications for PGM prices-Gaining access to a target audience of producers, refiners, bullion dealers, jewelers, bankers, brokers, traders, investors, fund managers, consultants, and regulators, etc.

The eminent speaker panel includes:Shanghai Gold ExchangeChina Gold AssociationZijin Mining Group Co. Ltd.The Silver Institute, Executive Director, Michael DiRienzoCPM Group, Managing Director and founder, Jeffrey M. ChristianHSBC, Chief Commodities Analyst, James SteelStandard Bank, Head of Commodities Strategy, Walter de WetANZ, Commodity Strategist, Victor ThianpiriyaMetals Focus Ltd. Director and founding partner, Nikos Kavalis

The 9th China Gold & Precious Metals Summit 2014 is a premier commercial platform for industry practitioners to acquire in-depth insights into the market and strategy, to learn the emerging business opportunities in Chinas precious metals markets and to seek partnership opportunities with local counterparts.

More details about the event is available at www.chinagoldsummit.com