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7 results for “Doré” in Industry
Industry · 20 August 2026
The Refiner's Ledger
Somewhere between a mine's doré bar and a Good Delivery brick sits a chain of chlorination furnaces, electrolytic cells, assay labs and accreditation committees that decides which gold the world's markets will accept…
Tomas Herrera · 17 min read
Industry · 2 July 2026
Nine Nines: Inside a Modern Gold Refinery
A doré bar arrives at 85 per cent purity and leaves at 99.99. Between those two numbers sit chlorine gas, aqua regia, an electrolytic cell and a chain of custody that is now as valuable as the…
Tomas Herrera · 19 min read
Industry · 6 August 2026
The Scrap Trade
…y mined or stolen material — conflict gold moved across borders as jewellery or low-grade doré, blended with legitimate scrap at a small melter, and re-emerging as an assayed bar with no link to its source. The Dubai and Democratic Republic of Congo route documented by researcher…
Ingrid Sørensen · 16 min read
Industry · 28 July 2026
Urban Mining: The Richest Gold Ore on Earth Is in Your Old Phone
…c refining: essentially the same chlorination and electrolytic steps used to refine mined doré. · The number that explains the industry's shape A tonne of mixed consumer e-waste might contain a gram or two of gold. A tonne of the anode sludge produced deep inside that same proces…
Tomas Herrera · 16 min read
Industry · 7 August 2026
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…
Tomas Herrera · 16 min read
Industry · 7 August 2026
How Fake Gold Is Detected
Counterfeiting gold is not about making something that looks right. It is about defeating a specific test, and the industry's defences are an escalating conversation between forgers and instruments. ·…
Tomas Herrera · 16 min read
Industry · 4 August 2026
The Gold Inside Your Phone
Industrial demand is the quietest third of the gold market: a few tenths of a gram per handset, multiplied by billions of devices, chosen not for prestige but because nothing else conducts as reliably…
Tomas Herrera · 18 min read
