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Every story we have published about the metal.

26 long-form pieces across history, markets, industry, craft, mining and science. Filter by desk, re-sort, or search the full text of every issue.

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Rows of small gold alloy sample ingots in rose, yellow and pale white tones on a grey stone slab beside a crucible and tweezers

Science

The Metallurgy of Karat

Pure gold is too soft to hold a stone, too soft to hold an edge, and the wrong colour for half the world's taste. Almost everything you own that is gold is a designed alloy — and the design is where the engineering lives.

9 August 2026 · 17 min read

Gloved hand holding a glass vial of deep ruby-red colloidal gold suspension in a dark laboratory

Science

The Metal That Went Medical

Divide gold finely enough and it stops being gold-coloured, stops being inert in the way you expect, and starts doing work in places no bullion bar could reach — including the test strip that told you whether you had a virus.

8 August 2026 · 19 min read

Security crew loading sealed containers into an armoured truck at night outside a vault entrance

Markets

Moving Bullion: The Logistics Nobody Prices

Between the vault and the buyer sits an industry of armoured vehicles, sealed cargo, bonded warehouses and insurance clauses. It rarely makes news, and it is the reason a spot price in London can diverge from a bar in New York.

8 August 2026 · 15 min read

Terraced tailings storage embankment beside a still pale pond at dusk, with dark hills behind and a single excavator for scale

Industry

After the Cyanide

Every ounce of mined gold leaves behind roughly a tonne of processed rock and the water that carried it. What happens to that material after the last shift is the part of the industry with the longest timeline and the least coverage.

7 August 2026 · 16 min read

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