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3 results for “All-in sustaining cost (AISC)” in Craft
Craft · 5 June 2026
The Alchemy of Craft: What Goldsmiths Know That Machines Don't
…nd deforms out of shape in daily wear. Alloying dramatically increases hardness at modest cost to purity. · Is white gold really gold? Yes — it is gold alloyed with white metals such as palladium or nickel to neutralise the yellow, and it is often rhodium-plated for a brighter fi…
Yusuf Demir · 16 min read
Craft · 3 August 2026
The Wedding-Season Bid: How Jewellery Demand Sets the Floor
…re harder and cheaper but hold far less metal. · What are making charges? The fabrication cost a jeweller adds to the metal value: labour, wastage during working, design and margin. They typically run from single-digit percentages on plain machine-made chain to well over twenty p…
Yusuf Demir · 15 min read
Craft · 22 July 2026
Hallmarks and Assay: How Anyone Proves Gold Is Gold
…ck at 748 and being refused; the trade works to 752 or 753 and treats the difference as a cost of doing business. · Reading a UK mark Four elements do the work: the sponsor's mark identifying who submitted it, the millesimal fineness in a shaped shield, the assay office town mark…
Yusuf Demir · 15 min read
