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Tracing gold: the illegal gold supply chain in Brazil

On 15th July, Instituto Escolha published research with a proposal to implement a system capable of certifying the origin of Brazilian gold, thus restraining its illegal trade, which is responsible for a massive threat to the lives of indigenous peoples…

I’m a bit of a modern-day alchemist, recovering gold from old mobile phones

In the kitchen drawer, most of us have a few old mobile phones and tablets. But few probably realise just how much precious metal they contain. Did you know, for example, that it only takes around 41 mobile phones to…

The two worlds of precious metals: East and West

For five thousand years, gold and silver have been humanity’s premier form of money; real money, not the faux-money manufactured by our central banks. During that same period of time, these metals have been our premier instruments of wealth preservation and…

Ukraine’s gold “evaporated”?

Where’s all the gold? Critical Thinking, Daily Pickings  reported on 04 December 2014 “A couple of days ago, Daily Pickings referred to the accumulation of gold by Russia and China. Back in January, we asked whether the Deutsche Bundesbank will…