Gold

These Mongolian miners are making gold greener. Now they want their government to help.

November 3, 2017Environment

Gold mining is a key source of income in Mongolia, but it can often be a dirty business. An effort by small, independent miners to switch to a non-toxic processing method is improving the outlook for their health and the local environment.

A German artist creates a gold rush on an English beach

August 28, 2014Arts

Colombian miners looking to more environmentally friendly gold mining process

August 15, 2013Environment

Should I buy gold?

August 15, 2013Business, Economics and Jobs

Gold Mining Boom

August 15, 2013

Colombia Sets Sight on ‘Green Gold’

August 15, 2013

Colombia is a hotspot of mercury pollution from small-scale gold mining. But it’s also a testing ground for a new movement to reduce mercury pollution by paying small-scale miners more to use less of the toxic metal.

A Golden Future? Inflation Fear Underlies Global Rise in Gold

August 15, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Why gold is so valuable right now? What is the future of money? The World’s Anchor Marco Werman talks with Matthew Bishop of the Economist, co-author of “In Gold We Trust: The Future of Money in an Age of Uncertainty”, to find out more.

Scotland to Open Goldmine in Loch Lomond National Park

August 15, 2013Global Politics

As gold prices are soaring, Scotland is set to open a new gold mine inside the Loch Lomond National Park in the highlands.

Massive Lead Poisoning in Nigeria

August 15, 2013Business, Economics and Jobs

A gold mining boom driven by high global prices is contaminating local villages with toxic lead dust, leading to a crisis that Human Rights Watch says is the worst lead poisoning epidemic in modern history.

Gold prices plunge to $1600 per ounce

August 15, 2013Business, Economics and Jobs

Louise Story, Wall Street and finance reporter for The New York Times, discusses why prices are dropping and whether betting on gold is still a sure thing.