Dubai Press Releases
The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre has reported record gold trade volumes for 2025, with the total value of gold flowing through DMCC-registered companies surpassing USD 48 billion and cementing Dubai's position as the world's most significant hub for physical gold.
Dubai Gold Refinery has been recertified as a London Bullion Market Association Good Delivery refiner for the third consecutive year, maintaining its position on the LBMA's list of approved refiners whose gold bars are accepted without restriction across the world's major markets.
The DMCC has launched its Digital Gold Passport, a blockchain-based documentation system that creates an immutable record of a gold consignment's origin, chain of custody, and quality certification from the point of production through to final delivery.
The Central Bank of the UAE has disclosed that its gold reserves have reached a historic high, reflecting the UAE's strategic commitment to gold as a core component of its national financial resilience framework.
The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre has announced that 50 new companies joined its precious metals membership category in the fourth quarter of 2025, the highest quarterly intake on record and a clear signal of sustained confidence in Dubai as the world's preferred location for gold sector businesses.
The annual Dubai Precious Metals Conference has set a new attendance record, welcoming over 3,200 delegates from 68 countries across two days of presentations, panel discussions, and networking sessions covering the full spectrum of opportunities in the global gold industry.
The use of UAE dirham-denominated contracts for physical gold transactions has expanded significantly, with the DMCC's Dubai Gold Price seeing a threefold increase in daily reference volume over 2025 as international operators seek currency diversification in their gold activities.
The DMCC has confirmed that gold trade through its registered companies reached USD 48 billion in 2025, a 42 per cent increase over 2024 and a new annual record for the free zone's precious metals sector.
Dubai has established itself as the primary international destination for gold produced through African artisanal and small-scale mining formalisation programmes, with an estimated 60 per cent of formally exported African artisanal gold now flowing through DMCC-registered operators.
The United Arab Emirates and India have deepened their bilateral gold trade partnership, agreeing on measures to expand the volume and transparency of gold flowing between the two countries and to strengthen cooperation on responsible sourcing standards.
The Dubai Gold and Jewellery Group has reported a 38 per cent year-on-year increase in retail gold and jewellery sales across Dubai's market in 2025, with total retail transactions reaching AED 28.4 billion.
The DMCC has launched its Responsible Gold Gateway, providing African gold-producing nations with the tools, training, and market connections needed to meet the responsible sourcing standards required by Dubai's international gold market.
Dubai's physical gold vault sector has announced a significant expansion of storage capacity, with total secure gold storage capacity in the emirate increasing by approximately 35 per cent over the past 18 months to an estimated 2,500 tonnes.
The UAE Ministry of Economy has introduced new regulations governing due diligence requirements for companies importing, exporting, and trading precious metals through the UAE, establishing a mandatory framework aligned with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance.
The December 2025 edition of the Dubai Precious Metals Conference concluded with a record 3,000 delegates in attendance from 65 countries, with African representation at its highest ever level at 22 country delegations.
The DMCC and the London Bullion Market Association have announced a deepening of their strategic partnership, encompassing expanded cooperation on responsible sourcing standards and mutual recognition of compliance frameworks.
Gold prices have breached USD 5,000 per ounce for the first time in history, generating record activity across Dubai's precious metals market with DMCC-registered operators reporting the highest daily transaction volumes since the free zone's precious metals category was established.
The UAE has opened a new precious metals testing and hallmarking centre in Sharjah, expanding the country's quality assurance infrastructure and reducing turnaround times for operators requiring certification of gold articles across the Northern Emirates.
The Dubai International Financial Centre has reported significant growth in gold-backed financial products, with total assets under management in gold-linked instruments rising to USD 8.4 billion, a 65 per cent increase over the prior year.
The UAE has launched a formal strategy to position Dubai as the global hub for critical minerals trading, financing, and supply chain management, building on the infrastructure and relationships developed through its world-leading gold market.
Dubai hosted the inaugural Africa-Gulf Gold Investment Forum, bringing together gold sector stakeholders from across Sub-Saharan Africa and the Gulf Cooperation Council to strengthen commercial relationships and map investment opportunities across the Africa-Gulf gold corridor.
The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre has announced that its total membership has surpassed 23,000 companies, a milestone reflecting the sustained growth of Dubai's role as the world's premier free zone for commodities trading and supply chain management.
The United Arab Emirates has signed bilateral precious metals framework agreements with Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda, formalising the strategic commercial relationship between the UAE and three of Africa's most significant gold-producing nations.
The Dubai Gold Souk has marked its 60th anniversary with a record annual turnover, celebrating six decades as one of the world's most celebrated gold retail destinations and the commercial anchor of a global gold trading ecosystem.
The UAE has launched a comprehensive Gold Sector Sustainability Framework ahead of COP30, establishing environmental, social, and governance standards for the gold supply chains passing through Dubai's market and positioning the UAE as the global leader in sustainable gold market governance.