Evotus – gold recycling hub in America.
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 process. It raised around US$…Read More
Gold recycling shines bright.
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 Gold Council. A substantial portion…Read More
Yellow Gold Is Back.
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. Hublot released 10 timepieces in…Read More
Global gold demand stays strong, supporting record-high prices.
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 in Q1 compared to the…Read More
Greatland Gold granted new exploration licence.
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 230 km north of the…Read More
The thinnest gold leaf as thick as only one atom.
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 is the latest 2D material…Read More
Fool’s gold.
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 may not be so useless…Read More
Gold prices can scale even greater heights in 2024.
Economic downturns, persistent inflation, heightened geopolitical risks and accelerated climate warnings being among the most impactful-it is no surprise that gold enjoyed one of its most bullish years in recent times. Long considered a safe-haven asset during times of heightened uncertainty and volatility, the yellow…Read More
A protective layer applied to gold nanoparticles can boost its resilience by University of Tokyo.
Researchers strike gold with improved catalyst Thiol and organic polymer protection are two existing ways to add resilience to gold nanoparticles. For the first time, researchers including those at the University of Tokyo have discovered a way to improve the durability of gold catalysts by…Read More
Gold prices.
Gold prices settled at a record high Friday after briefly topping $2,200 for the first ever as growing optimism on major central banks dropping the axe on interest rates in the coming months and ongoing geopolitical tensions in high demand. Gold futures for April delivery…Read More