By Patrick Schein (Patrick Schein) The figures speak for themselves. The World Gold Council, the organisation formed and funded by the world’s leading gold mining companies, has published the gold statistics for 2009 and they are quite eloquent in regard to gold recycling. Globally, in 2009, the recycling of existing stocks of gold, mostly jewelry,

Introduction: In this exclusive interview, Guy Clutterbuck, one of the foremost experts in emerald rough in the world, discusses his latest discovery of emerald mines in a central African nation. (Guy Clutterbuck) Clutterbuck’s deep contacts with native people in remote areas have allowed him to gain access to areas from the mountains of Afghanistan and

Introduction: This is an ongoing documentation of a series of dialogs between members of our Manufacturing Group, charged with the task of developing exceptional standards for jewelry manufacturing. Follow this link, https://fairjewelry.org/madison-dialogue-manufacturing-committee for full review of past discussions. The entire principles and standards document can be found here. In this portion, I introduce the Third