The CIBJO Precious Metals Commission which was formed in July 2006, has prepared a Precious$$Metals Blue Book, with the intent to create a CIBJO standard reference guide for the global jewellery industry.%%The contents of the CIBJO Precious Metals Blue Book will narrate the highest standards and practices to be adopted by the international precious metals industry. An international working group was set up to propose ideas for the new book. The Commission intends to submit the final draft of the book at the CIBJO Conference in April 2008.