据杰克·瑞安报道，伦敦金银市场协会（LBMA）提高了会员费，并提供了提前两年支付会费的选择，以在面临高昂法律诉讼的情况下加强其财务状况。该协会实际上制定了全球贵金属精炼标准。
首席执行官露丝·克劳威尔在意大利索伦托举行的年度会议上表示，协会还在探索通过许可其‘优质交割清单’（Good Delivery List）来增加收入的方法。
The London Bullion Market Association has raised membership fees and offered the option to pay the dues two years in advance as it seeks to strengthen its finances amid a costly legal challenge. The industry body that effectively sets global precious-metals refining standards is also looking at ways to generate more revenue from licensing its Good Delivery List of refiners, Chief Executive Officer Ruth Crowell said at a press conference during the LBMA’s annual gathering in Sorrento, Italy.
克劳威尔称，与其他贸易协会提供的类似服务相比，许可该清单的成本较低。
“For us to continue and grow our mandate, we need resources to do that,” Crowell said, adding that the cost of licensing the Good Delivery List was low compared to similar products offered by other trade associations.
像CME集团旗下的期货交易所依赖该清单来确定哪些加工商能够提供合约所涉及的黄金。
Futures exchanges like those owned by CME Group Inc. rely on the Good Delivery List to help determine which processors can supply the gold that underpins their contracts.
伦敦金银市场协会还表示，香港新成立的黄金清算系统也打算使用该清单。
The newly formed gold clearing system in Hong Kong also intends to make use of the list, the LBMA said.
由于2019年两名在坦桑尼亚北马拉金矿遇难者的家属提起的诉讼，该协会的财务状况受到压力。
The LBMA’s finances have been strained by a lawsuit brought by the families of two men who died at Tanzania’s North Mara gold mine in 2019.
协会否认了这一指控，并表示有信心赢得诉讼，该诉讼将于周三在伦敦开庭。
The association has denied the claim and says it’s confident it will successfully defend the case, which begins Wednesday in London.
由于协会的规模与其监管市场的规模相比规模较小，因此这场诉讼对其财务状况构成了特别威胁。
The case creates particular jeopardy for the LBMA because its finances are modest compared to the scale of the market it oversees.
最新账目显示，截至2025年底，该组织的储备金约为140万英镑（190万美元）。
Its latest accounts show the organization had about £1.4 million ($1.9 million) of reserves at the end of 2025.
根据账目显示，如果败诉，协会可能需要承担索赔人300万英镑的法律费用。去年，该协会在法律费用上花费了240万英镑。
It disclosed that it could face £3 million of the claimants’ legal costs if it loses the case. The association spent £2.4m on legal fees last year, according to its accounts.