Increased demand as investment value. According to the most recent World Gold Council report, demand in volume for the precious metal as an investment rose above that for jewellery and other industries (dental and electronics) between January and March. In the first quarter of 2009, annual consumption of jewellery gold fell by almost a quarter (-24%) to just 339 tonnes, and consumption of whole industry by more than 30% (-31%) to 80.2 tonnes. The demand for gold as an investment rose by...