An Utah based company has created a molecularly imprinted polymer ion exchange resin to replace activated carbon that has been reported to have the potential to increase the profits of gold mining ...

Since the modern gold rushes of the 1970s and 1980s, gold has been one of Australia's major exports. Australia is the second-largest gold producer globally behind China and holds the second largest ...

Archaeologists have discovered a gold processing center along the middle Nile, an installation that produced the precious metal sometime between 2000 and 1500 B.C. The center, along with a cemetery ...

Humble fragments of clay crucibles and coin molds flecked with gold excavated by a joint team of British and Malian archaeologists in 2005 led archaeologist Sam Nixon, in consultation with Thilo ...

Gold is one of the most highly sought after materials on the planet, so inventing a way to turn a much more abundant material, like copper, into the precious metal would be a huge accomplishment.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The mercury used to amalgamate gold is cheap, effective and toxic. Studies from artisanal and small-scale mining sites across the Amazon reveal ...

Special 'nugget-producing' bacteria may hold the key to more efficient processing of gold ore, mine tailings and recycled electronics, as well as aid in exploration for new deposits, research has ...

Japaul Gold & Ventures Plc has announced its successful delivery and commencement of test runs for its pilot gold processing plant. The Company stated, “This milestone marks the official transition ...

This commodity’s price is grabbing all the headlines right now — but the real story is happening somewhere else entirely, and almost nobody is watching, writes Craig Dickson. All of it creating ...

Guinea's government has banned exports of unprocessed gold, a move aimed at keeping more of the metal's value within the ...

LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia has built 10 milling plants to process gold in a drive to formalise artisanal and small-scale miners and diversify from copper mining, state mining investment company ZCCM-IH ...