Dubai
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HEADQUARTERS

Dubai serves as London DE’s headquarters and centralised hub for global operations

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20-30%
Global gold traded via Dubai
2-2.5k
Daily flights
$157.5bn
Gold and diamond traded per year
OVERVIEW

London DE decided to move their head office to Dubai in March 2025, and have been steadily expanding ever since

Dubai is LDE’s third international office, following London and Bogotá, ensuring proximity to the global market and direct operations to ethical sourcing of gold and gemstones worldwide. The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) was a natural choice for head office, as the global hub for precious metal, gem, tea, and coffee trade. The City of Gold is a tax efficient, strategic destination with first-rate access to key commodity markets.

WHAT DO WE DO

Ethical mine-to-market distribution of precious commodities

LDE secures the entire mine-to-market process, ethically securing bulk orders at the source and processing materials responsibly to deliver retail-ready products. Our Dubai operations include the facility to receive and store these commodities in insured storage within secure vaults. Dubai’s world-class infrastructure provides the ideal platform to facilitate these operations, aligned with the highest governance standards. The DMCC operations include shipping and freight deliveries, which have been able to remain stable despite any surrounding geopolitical challenges.

WHY DUBAI?

A global hub for precious metals and gemstones

Dubai serves as an international hub at the centre of our precious metal and gem mining partnerships throughout South America, Africa and Australia. We have been operating a DMCC Trade licence since January 2022, since Dubai’s world-class infrastructure and the flexibility of its free zone trading environment provide an ideal platform for moving both goods and funds. Second only to Switzerland, Dubai is the largest trading centre globally for rough diamonds. In the diamond sector, the DMCC has overtaken Antwerp as the largest hub for rough diamond trading. These impressive statistics prove that Dubai is at the forefront of the precious gems global market.

WHY DUBAI?

A global hub for precious metals and gemstones

Dubai serves as an international hub at the centre of our precious metal and gem mining partnerships throughout South America, Africa and Australia. We have been operating a DMCC Trade licence since January 2022, since Dubai’s world-class infrastructure and the flexibility of its free zone trading environment provide an ideal platform for moving both goods and funds. Second only to Switzerland, Dubai is the largest trading centre globally for rough diamonds. In the diamond sector, the DMCC has overtaken Antwerp as the largest hub for rough diamond trading. These impressive statistics prove that Dubai is at the forefront of the precious gems global market.

WHY NOW?

At the centre of the global market

01

Dubai is now the world’s second-largest physical gold trading hub after Switzerland, with 13-15% of global gold passing through annually.

02

The DMCC is internationally recognised as the leading global freezone, regularly named the "Global Free Zone of the Year" by the Financial Times' fDi Magazine.

03

Dubai is one of the world’s leading physical gold and diamond trading market places, accounting for 157.5 billion USD annually combined and rapid year on year growth.

04

Physical gold bullion and coins are safely stored in the Dubai headquarters secure vaults.

05

Dubai’s world-class infrastructure and the flexibility of its free zone trading environment provide an ideal platform for moving both goods and funds.

06

Positioned between our mining partnerships in South America, Africa, and Australia, Dubai offers unmatched geographic connectivity, enabling efficient trade across continents.

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