When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Gold is a heavy metal and one of Earth's rarer elements, formed in space when neutron stars ...

A miner searches for gold at a mine outside Kumasi. Editor at Large Drive an hour south of Kumasi, Ghana’s bustling second city, and before long the dense jungle gives way to denuded hills peppered ...

Every year, illicit gold worth more than $30 billion flows across the globe, including gold originating in conflict zones and authoritarian states. Much of it is smuggled to gold-trading centers such ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a 3,000-year-old gold mining and processing complex that opens a rare window into how an ancient imperial economy actually worked. Instead of a single shaft or ...

The new Froome gold mine zone raises hopes of extending the life of the Fox complex following the discovery of exceptionally ...

Gold mining has a long history in West Africa, with economies based on the precious metal. But today, a large chunk of Ghana's gold revenues vanish into the unofficial, and untraceable, trade.The ...

One of the Rock Hill region’s biggest businesses turns rocks into gold. Increasingly, Haile Gold Mine also produces green — as in an annual economic impact statewide of $717.5 million. The Lancaster ...

Barrick Mining Corporation one of the world’s largest gold and copper producers, has announced plans to evaluate an Initial ...

Gold is a popular talking point, whether it’s discussing a much-coveted piece of jewellery or because the price per ounce has gone through the roof – again. The precious metal dates back to 3600BC ...