For some central banks, stores of gold can offer a shield against financial sanctions.
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Here’s what happens when a rock from space smashes into a goldfield.
Security measures alone are insufficient to resolve resource governance challenges in the DRC.
An increase of just 0.03% in illegal gold mining is associated with a 20 to 46% increase in the local incidence of malaria in Yanomami lands in the Brazilian Amazon.
It’s famously the asset investors flock to in a financial storm. But over the past few months, the gold price has been on a roller coaster ride – and now plummeted.
The Orinoco Basin is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. It’s also rich in oil, gold and critical minerals crucial to modern technology.
Global political turmoil has fed into the dramatic price swings.
There’s been a 1,000% surge in local silver trades over the past year. But what goes up fast can also fall – as we’ve just seen.
It’s all about confidence (or the lack of it).
The rise in the use of stablecoins poses a risk of dollarisation across Africa.
The ancient Greeks and Romans understood that “whoever has money sails with a fair breeze”.
Tax avoidance and profit-shifting are leaving African countries without the resources they need to meet their development goals.
We have crunched the numbers on a range of popular investment options to see how they have performed since 2010. The results might surprise you.
With a recovery rate below 10%, most stolen works are never found. But that doesn’t mean they’re easy to monetize.
Surging demand from China, Russia, and mum and dad investors shows no signs of abating.
Gold is no longer the hedge against stock market dips that it once was.
Developing comprehensive knowledge of underground resources has become urgent for African countries.
Californian startup Marathon Fusion says it could produce several tonnes of the element per year.
The new method could also make small-scale gold mining less poisonous for people – and the planet.
The ancient dream of turning lead into gold is now a reality – but it’s not quite what the alchemists might have hoped for.
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