With the Climate Change summit taking place this week in Copenhagen I asked myself how gold mining damages the environment. Buying and selling gold is, of course, big business. There is certainly no shortage of mining companies around the world constantly excavating and looking to sell gold ore for a large profit. The majority of [...]
If you are confused as to how a gold selling party would actually work, you are certainly not alone. I must admit that I was unsure at first what exactly went on at these parties. Basically guests are asked to bring any gold jewellery they no longer want to the hostess’ house, where an expert [...]
If you have recently paid a visit to a jewellers to buy something for an anniversary or Christmas, you may have noticed that your wallet is feeling slightly lighter than usual. This may have been due to the fact that the price of gold has shot up in the last year and has in turn [...]
For those of you who tend to throw away the business section of your Sunday paper, the price of gold is now at a record $1,225 an ounce. However, it is yet to reach heady heights of 1980 when it reached an inflation adjusted price of more than $2000. Nevertheless the weak US Dollar has [...]