Showing posts with label gold. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gold. Show all posts
Saturday, December 14, 2024

The Dark Side Of Gifting Gold This Christmas

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What's the international community and gold consumers doing? Very little, really. Useful link: https://time.com/7198994/dubai-blood-gold...
Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Initiatives In Art And Culture 13th Annual Gold + Diamond Conference

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July 17-19, 2023. Bohemian National Hall, 321 E 73rd Street, New York, NY, USA. The event focuses on responsible practices in extraction, so...
Saturday, July 23, 2022

From The Sahel To Dubai

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Behind every gold fortune, there is a crime. The France 24 report is a must watch. Useful link: https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/reporte...
Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Initiatives In Art And Culture 12th Annual International Gold And Diamond Conference

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Bohemian National Hall, New York City. July 18-20 2022. Useful link:   https://artinitiatives.com
Saturday, June 25, 2022

Global Gold Transparency Initiative

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Be vigilant. Verify your sources. Do the right thing. Useful links: https://www.voguebusiness.com/sustainability/fair-mined-and-traceable-th...
Saturday, March 26, 2022

Betts Refining

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From mine to jewelry. Useful link: https://bettsrefining.com/services/ethical-refining
Monday, December 06, 2021

Ethics Vs. Profit

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Insightful viewpoints by Ahmed Bin Sulaymen, CEO at DMCC (Dubai Multi Commodities Centre) on UAE's gold industry. Must read. Useful link...
Saturday, June 26, 2021

Random Thoughts

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Gold has a complex supply chain that includes well-run professional operations, terrible ones, bullshit artists, material that's impossi...
Saturday, June 05, 2021

Congo's Gold Curse

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Moses Sawasawa's photo essay, a photographer based in Goma and co-founder of Collectif Goma Oeil, explains well the sad state of Congo...
Saturday, May 22, 2021

Illicit Gold Markets In East And Southern Africa

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Insightful report. Must read. Useful link:   https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/illicit-gold-east-southern-africa
Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Single Mine Origin Gold

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The SMO mark is designed to ensure not only that the gold is traceable to a single mine, but that the mine is operated to the best internati...
Saturday, March 13, 2021

Ban Hand-carry Of Gold On Flights

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It's high time a start gets made. Smuggled gold via Dubai will decrease if the buyer, seller, and courier cooperate for good. Useful lin...
Saturday, February 20, 2021

The Gold Standard

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The report examines illicit gold mining practices in Colombia and its effects on local mining communities, the environment, and trade.  Usef...
Saturday, October 17, 2020

Jewelers, How Good Is Your Gold?

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Gold is hard to track. Given that gold is endlessly repurposed and recycled, it's possible that some of the gold currently in circulatio...
Thursday, September 24, 2020

How Much Gold Is There Left To Mine In The world?

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Though new gold mines are still being found, discoveries of large deposits are becoming increasingly rare. Based on rough estimates, there i...
Saturday, September 19, 2020

Illicit Gold Trade Thrives In The Democratic Republic Of Congo

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 This is Africa (TIA). Useful link:   https://impacttransform.org/en/congo-gold-intermediaries
Thursday, August 27, 2020

Top 10 Countries With Largest Gold Reserves

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The US still holds the number one spot with over 8000 tonnes of gold in its vaults nearly as much as the next three countries combined. ...
Monday, August 17, 2020

Glint

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If gold is a form of currency, then why shouldn't there exist something like an e-payment system you can use to pay for your daily groce...
Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Gold Is Booming During COVID-19. Smuggling Is Too

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In the midst of COVID-19 pandemic, it's perhaps unsuprising that gold smuggling is booming. More surprising is how that gold is getting ...
Saturday, June 27, 2020

Hunting For Particles Of Gold In The Jungles Of Southeast Asia

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Paul Salopek was spot on. Sad really. I have seen the misery in Burma. The gold industry may collapse 20 +/- years. After that, it's all...