Category Archives: News
How Much Is A Gold Medal Worth In 2016? The Rio Olympics Will Hand Out More Than 800 Of Them
With the Summer Olympic Games just around the corner, many athletes are pushing through their [...]
Aug
A new economic, environmentally friendly activity at the site of a restored perlite mine in Milos island, Greece
In 2014, S&B Industrial Minerals S.A.currently member of IMERYS Group, decided to start a new [...]
Jul
A.Kefalas: €1 bn. of exports and 84,000 jobs in the extractive industry
The sector of extractive-metallurgical industry is a pillar of the regional economy and one of [...]
Jul
3 reasons to care about the Conflict-Free Gold Standard
You may have heard of “conflict minerals.” These are raw materials – namely tantalum, tin, [...]
Jul
UBS: ‘Gold has entered a new phase’
The price of gold will continue to shoot up in 2016, and has now “entered a new phase” [...]
Jul
2016 already best year ever for world’s largest gold ETF
Once the largest fund of its kind in the world, top physical gold-backed exchange traded [...]
Jul
21 incredible uses for silver
Silver is generally known for its use in coins, silverware and of course jewellery. However, [...]
Jun
Here are the world’s top 10 gold producing mines
Gold output across the globe hit an all-time high in 2015, climbing 1.8 percent to [...]
Jun
Tutankhamun had a dagger made of iron from meteorite
A dagger buried alongside legendary Egyptian King Tutankhamun was made with iron extracted from a [...]
Jun
Gold and the environment
Gold nanoparticles could be the solution to a number of pressing environmental concerns. Catalytic converters [...]
May