Posts Tagged ‘artisanal-gold’

The newest Fair Trade standard, gold and associated precious metals, made its debut a little more than a year ago. It promises to improve social and environmental conditions for millions of small and artisanal gold miners around the world. Full story

PERU - In an attempt to eliminate the use of mercury by artisanal gold miners, a Peruvian engineer has patented a small, cheap to operate, cylindrical machine. According to reports, gold-bearing slurry and biodegradable chemicals are fed into the Full story