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.
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The ancient Greeks and Romans understood that “whoever has money sails with a fair breeze”.
Gold was the first attraction, but late in the 1500s the Portuguese became obsessed with the idea that there were silver mines in Africa.
New analysis of silver items in the Bedale hoard reveals Scandinavians travelled to the east to trade much earlier than previously thought.
Your skin can often take on the hue of what you digest.
Wigs are popular fashion accessories for Nigerian women. However, many are laden with heavy metals and pesticides.
Hard rock minerals like gold, silver, copper and lithium on public lands belong to the American public, but under a 150-year-old law, the US gives them away for free.
Keeping wounds clean and infection free has challenged people for thousands of years.
Iron fights anemia. Bismuth relieves gastric problems. Lithium acts against depression and gold can treat rheumatoid arthritis. Metals are precious tools for good health.
Technical advances are reducing the volume of e-waste generated in the US as lighter, more compact products enter the market. But those goods can be harder to reuse and recycle.
The Trump administration is supporting new mines in Alaska and Minnesota that many opponents say could devastate sensitive areas around them.
For too long silver has been used to mark second best but this element deserves more recognition thanks to its antibacterial properties.
Many socks, towels and other textiles are treated with silver nanoparticles to kill germs and odors. When the silver washes out, it can pollute waterways. Two chemists propose a way to collect it from wastewater.
In 1825, more than 130 Cornish miners and engineers landed in Mexico to work in the silver mines. Their legacy lives on.
On sale in New York for US$2,000. Don’t all rush at once.
Problems occur when a country falls in love with gold, and silver might be about to get a boost from proposed solutions.
Discover the chemical wonders in your kitchen cupboard.
Joint replacement surgery comes with a big risk of infection. New implant technology that can release silver ions inside the body could help – and without increasing antibiotic resistance.
The use of silver in medicine is as old as western medicine itself. Hippocrates is known to have used it to treat ulcers and wounds, the Romans almost certainly knew of its healing properties, its use…
Safe haven investments are investments that provide a low level of risk during periods of extreme economic uncertainty. The problem is that a safe haven investment is a safe haven investment until it is…
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