作者：谢一辉世界最大的黄金精炼商之一 Valcambi SA 计划在香港开设新工厂，以支持该市向全球黄金枢纽发展的目标。
SA, one of the world’s largest gold refiners, plans to open a new plant in Hong Kong, bolstering the city’s push to become a global bullion hub.
这家瑞士公司与香港唯一的钢铁制造商 Shiu Wing Steel 签署了一份意向书，计划成立一家新的贵金属精炼公司，同时提供金库存储服务。
The Swiss firm signed a letter of intent with Hong Kong’s sole steelmaker Shiu Wing Steel to establish a new precious metals refining company that will also provide vaulting services.
Valcambi 首席执行官 Simone Knobloch 在周四的一份新闻稿中表示：“亚洲是贵金属行业的关键市场，并将继续在其未来发展中发挥越来越重要的作用。”
“Asia is a key market for the precious metals industry and will continue to play an increasingly important role in its future,” Simone Knobloch, chief executive officer of Valcambi, said in a press release on Thursday.
Valcambi 此举正值香港与新加坡展开竞争，力求成为亚洲领先的黄金交易中心之际。周二，香港金融及财政部秘书长 Christopher Hui 在意大利举行的一场年度行业会议上，提出了扩大该市黄金产业的计划。
Valcambi’s move comes as Hong Kong vies with Singapore to develop Asia’s premier gold trading center. On Tuesday, Hong Kong’s secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau Christopher Hui used an annual industry gathering in Italy to pitch plans to expand the city’s gold sector.
Hui 在索伦托举行的伦敦黄金市场协会会议间隙接受采访时表示：“我们目前的重点是完善基础设施，确保我们的体系既稳健又具备可信度，从而持续吸引投资者参与。”
“Our focus right now is really to get the infrastructure right, where we ensure that that our system is robust and, at the same time, credible in such a way that we continue to draw investors’ interest to participate,” Hui said in an interview on the sidelines of the London Bullion Market Association’s conference in Sorrento.
本周，Hui 参观了 Valcambi 位于瑞士的工厂，以及 MKS PAMP SA 和 Argor-Heraeus SA 等其他主要精炼商的设施。Valcambi 的首家非瑞士工厂将落户于 Shiu Wing Steel 位于香港西北部的工厂内。
This week, Hui toured Valcambi’s Swiss facility, as well as those of other major refiners including MKS PAMP SA and Argor-Heraeus SA. The new refinery, Valcambi’s first outside Switzerland, will be located in Shiu Wing Steel’s plant in northwest Hong Kong.
作为香港计划的一部分，该市已于 7 月启动了黄金清算系统的试运行，并推出了新的价格基准，同时已确保中国最大银行以及摩根大通（JPMorgan Chase & Co.）和汇丰控股（HSBC Holdings Plc）等主要国际黄金银行的参与。此外，香港还计划推出以人民币计价的黄金期货，并探索为黄金交易商提供更多优惠政策。
As part of Hong Kong’s initiative, it launched trial operations of a gold clearing system in July, along with a new price benchmark, and has secured the participation from the biggest Chinese banks and major international bullion banks like JPMorgan Chase & Co. and HSBC Holdings Plc. It’s also planning to launch yuan-priced gold futures, while exploring more preferential policies for gold traders.
“香港正在采取‘全产业链方法’，”许表示，“就像伦敦一样，我们有仓储和场外合约；就像瑞士一样，我们希望拥有炼油厂；就像美国一样，我们希望推出黄金期货。”许称，在6月底其任期结束之前，发展香港黄金市场是重中之重。上个月，黄金被首次纳入该城市的五年规划中，黄金被视为扩大人民币在全球市场使用范围的“切入点”。
Hong Kong is taking a “whole-value-chain approach,” said Hui. “Like London, we have storage, we have OTC contract; like Switzerland, we want to have refineries; like the US, we want to have gold futures.”Developing Hong Kong’s gold market is a top priority before his official term finishes at the end of June, Hui said. Last month, gold was highlighted in the city’s first ever five-year plan, with bullion seen as “an entry point” for expanding the Chinese yuan’s usage in global markets.