New method can extract precious metals from old mobile phones, computers and home appliances in less than 20 minutes.

After the discovery of a 17-pound nugget in Little Meadow Creek, North Carolina, the state became a major hotbed of gold mining as a part of the first American gold rush in 1799. Early discoveries ...

New technologies, international partnerships and luxury buyers are driving a global shift toward sustainable, mercury-free gold. Courtesy Pure Earth Gold has captivated humanity for millennia, ...

I've mentioned more than once how the thought of mounting e-waste keeps me up at night. Adding to the anxious no-slumber party is the fact that, to extract the gold necessary for the manufacture of a ...

A colossal gold deposit has been discovered deep beneath China's Hunan Province, containing an estimated 1,000 metric tons of ...

Regardless of how the gold price is doing, the top gold-mining companies are always making moves. Right now, gold is in the limelight — stimulated by increasing global inflation, geopolitical turmoil ...

Raymond Kazapoe receives funding from the African Union and Pan African University to carry out some of the research referenced in this article Militaries that have taken power in Africa’s Sahel ...