Quartz, which can generate electricity, attracts large chunks of gold when stressed and squeezed by seismic shaking, according to a new study
When earthquakes squeeze quartz crystals, the mineral generates electricity that attracts gold particles.
Earthquakes may help prospectors strike Continue reading
Interest in gold prospecting is growing across the country as the value of gold rises. Millions of Americans have tried their luck at gold panning. In 1852, the peak production year of the Gold Rush, $81 million worth of gold Continue reading
Gold Diadem
Four thousand years ago, the finest gold items on Earth belonged to the nomadic groups that roamed the mountainous lands between the Black and Caspian Seas. These communities herded animals for a living, but they also mastered gold Continue reading
US firm Evotus is a precious metals recycling facility in North Carolina. The company says this expansion serves to recover more gold from discarded electronics.
A plant of Evotus in Raleigh recover ‘investment-grade’ gold from e-scrap via a chemical dissolution Continue reading
Business news, Non-Ferrous metals recycling.
Asian consumers selling jewellery is boosting gold recycling performance.
The global gold recycling sector experienced a notable surge in the first quarter of 2024. Volumes rose by 12%, according to recent data from the World Continue reading
Brands see the trend gaining in popularity throughout.
A display of three Hublot watches, all the same, but in small, medium and large. The watches have black faces and black bands but the faces are encased in bright yellow gold. Continue reading
The World Gold Council’s Q1 2024 Gold Demand Trends report reveals that total global gold demand (inclusive of OTC purchases) was up 3% year-on-year to 1,238t, marking the strongest first quarter since 2016. Demand excluding OTC fell 5% to 1,102t Continue reading
Greatland Gold plc has announced that it has been granted a new Exploration Licence E52/4342 covering 134 km2 as the inaugural tenement in the Mt Egerton Project in Victoria, Australia.
New gold-copper exploration project established in the Gascoyne region, located Continue reading
Scientists have created the world’s thinnest gold leaf, which is just a single atom thick, dubbed “goldene”.
To make goldene, the team employed a 100-year-old technique used by Japanese iron smiths to isolate single layers of the precious metal.
Goldene Continue reading
Fool’s gold not completely worthless. There’s real gold inside. Scientists figure out how to squeeze real gold out of pyrite.
Would you be tricked into thinking these shiny nuggets of pyrite were real gold.
It turns out that fool’s gold Continue reading