I am delighted to announce that the Kenyan Gold mining Coop MICA, made the first legal export of gold from Artisanal Miners yesterday. The gold should be arriving in the UK tomorrow so will post photos when I have them. This is a very significant step, as there is now a registered ASM Gold Coop,

A good article in the Financial Times (FT.com) on some of the changes taking place in the Gold world. All of which I am very supportive of. What I would say though is that the banks are seemingly way behind on ethical issues. Investment and money is an issue of human rights and justice. Yo

12 months on from the launch of Certified Fairtrade Gold, I thought I would contact 3 of the UK’s leading ethical jewellery companies and find out what impact if any the launch of Fairtrade has meant for their business. So I went to the horses’ mouth and asked Alan Frampton from CRED Jewellery, the designer