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6 results for “mine closure bond” in Industry
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 time…
Tomas Herrera · 17 min read
Industry · 4 August 2026
The Gold Inside Your Phone
…nce stays stable for decades. · Substitution is real and mostly already happened — copper bonding wire displaced gold across high-volume packaging years ago. · Industrial demand is price-inelastic in the short run because gold is a tiny fraction of a device's bill of materials. ·…
Tomas Herrera · 15 min read
Industry · 2 July 2026
Nine Nines: Inside a Modern Gold Refinery
…bars trade without re-assay in the wholesale market. · Provenance documentation now determines a bar's marketability as much as its fineness. · What is a doré bar? A doré bar is the semi-pure alloy poured at a mine site, typically 70–90 per cent gold with silver and base-metal i…
Tomas Herrera · 12 min read
Industry · 28 July 2026
Urban Mining: The Richest Gold Ore on Earth Is in Your Old Phone
…y richer than gold ore? By concentration, frequently yes. Modern underground ore is often mined at grades measured in single-digit grams of gold per tonne, while sorted, high-grade circuit boards can run into the hundreds of grams per tonne. What e-waste lacks is a deposit: the m…
Tomas Herrera · 13 min read
Industry · 6 August 2026
The Scrap Trade
…a quarter to a third of annual gold demand, and its volume responds to price faster than mine output can. · Scrap is priced off spot, adjusted for assayed fineness, then discounted for testing, refining, transport and each intermediary's margin. · High-street payouts commonly la…
Ingrid Sørensen · 15 min read
Industry · 7 August 2026
How Fake Gold Is Detected
…ains everything about how authentication has developed. Each defence closed a route; each closure pushed forgers towards a harder and more expensive one. The current state of play is an equilibrium in which sophisticated fakes are technically possible and economically marginal. ·…
Tomas Herrera · 15 min read
