In a world where economic sanctions make trade in US dollars almost impossible, gold has offered a way to evade these restrictions.
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A ‘second gold rush’ has seen amateur and professional miners return to Victoria with modern technology.
A gradual drawdown of gold mining is a critical step towards sustainability.
Artisanal gold mining is highly organised and rule-bound. Men, women and even children participate a hierarchy sustained by a web of buyers, sponsors and customers.
As a dynamic and mechanising form of production, artisanal mining is in more direct competition with large corporations than is commonly perceived.
Through their attempts to assist miners with their daily needs, Zambian unions enable lower wages and worse working conditions.
Fool’s gold, or pyrite, is made of worthless iron disulfide, but can contain tiny amounts of the real thing. Using an ‘atom probe’, research has uncovered a new way gold atoms can hide in pyrite crystals.
NASA satellite images reveal the extent of gold-mining in Peru. This information can be used to shut down illegal mining and prevent environmental destruction and contamination.
Mercury is a nasty toxin that harms humans and ecosystems. The gold and sugar-cane industries have tackled the problem, and it’s time for coal to follow suit.
Mining strips nitrogen from the soil and means the forest struggles to grow back even after mines are abandoned.
You would think that anyone in the gold industry would be getting rich right now, but informal miners in many countries are missing out.
There’s 33 times more gold in the average handset than in the equivalent amount of ore. Yet the vast majority is never recovered.
There are telling parallels between the current pandemic and those that decimated indigenous populations in the post-Columbian era in the Amazon.
Efforts to regulate the lucrative mining venture are not proving successful due to collusion and corruption.
Much of the devastation of our globe’s natural resources traces its origins to early colonialism. These relationships continue to define the extraction of resources that severely impact ecosystems.
Gold is one of 12 confirmed elements on the periodic table whose discoverer is unknown.
The industrial patterns of mining shaped many Australian towns, which found varied uses for disused mine sites. The mining boom ensures the challenges these sites present will be with us a long time.
A recent spate of attacks have left local people scared for their safety in rural Madagascar, threatening vital conservation work in the nearby rainforest.
In just a few years, Burkina Faso has become the fourth largest gold exporter in Africa. But with 43% of the population still below the poverty line, what are the local benefits?
Old landfills could be, quite literally, untapped gold mines.
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Adjunct Professor, Griffith University
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Professor in International Business, Mahidol University
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Head of International Health Education and Learning, Nossal Institute for Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Conservation Science, Bangor University
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