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2024
November 29, 2024
November 5, 2024

The Last Gold Beater in Venice.

In the 1700s, there were about 300 artisans making gold leaf in the city. Now there is just Marino Menegazzo, who is also one of very few remaining in Europe. He is widely acknowledged as the last goldbeater-or battiloro, in Italian-to produce golden leaves using…Read More

October 15, 2024

Liquid gold of the ancient Dwarves.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug has received mixed reviews , with some complaining that the movie does not stick to the book’s plot line stringently enough. Physicist Rhett Allain, however, has a quibble not with the movie’s divergence from autor Tolkien’s original story, but…Read More

September 28, 2024

How Large Gold Nuggets Form in Quartz Crystals During Earthquakes.

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 gold: When these seismic events…Read More

September 3, 2024

Five Places Where You Can Still Find Gold in the United States.

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 was discovered in California alone,…Read More

August 7, 2024

Why This Ancient Civilization Fell Out of Love With Gold for 700 Years.

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 working long before most societies.…Read More

July 23, 2024

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

July 12, 2024

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

June 26, 2024

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

June 13, 2024

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