The World Gold Council is a non-profit association of the world's leading gold mining

Gold mining

Gold mining is the removal of gold from the ground. There are several techniques and processes by which gold may be extracted from the earth.-History:...

 companies, established in 1987 to promote the use of gold

Gold

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a...

. It aims to stimulate demand for gold from industry

Industry

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, consumer

Consumer

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s, and investors. The Council's Chief Executive Officer

Chief executive officer

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 is Aram Shishmanian, former head of global financial markets practice at Accenture

Accenture

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. Its Chairman is Ian Telfer.

Operations

Based in the UK, with operations in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, the Far East

Far East

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, Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

, Europe

Europe

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 and the USA, the World Gold Council is an association whose 22 members comprise the world’s leading gold mining companies, representing approximately 60% of global corporate gold production.