Editorial log
Updates
Reporting on gold ages unevenly: the chemistry does not change, the market does. When we revise a piece substantively we record it here and stamp the article with its revision date, so readers can see what changed and when.
Revisions
After the Cyanide
Expanded the mine-closure economics and bonding sections.
The Metal That Went Medical
Added coverage of colloidal gold in diagnostics and expanded the FAQ.
How Fake Gold Is Detected
Added ultrasound and conductivity testing detail with a comparison list.
Nine Nines: Inside a Modern Gold Refinery
Added detail on chain-of-custody documentation and doré sourcing checks.
Moving Bullion: The Logistics Nobody Prices
Expanded the insurance and vault-transfer sections.
The Gold Standard: How a Soft Yellow Metal Became Money
Expanded the section on the interwar gold-exchange standard and added two FAQ entries.
The Metallurgy of Karat
Added an alloy-behaviour section and worked examples for 9ct through 22ct.
The Scrap Trade
Added the refining-margin walkthrough and buyer due-diligence guidance.
Urban Mining: The Richest Gold Ore on Earth Is in Your Old Phone
Expanded the recovery-yield figures and added collection-scheme context.
Why Central Banks Started Buying Gold Again
Extended the reserve-management analysis and refreshed the FAQ.
Recently published
- Where Gold Actually Comes From
- The Hoard Problem: What Buried Gold Actually Tells Us
- The Metallurgy of Karat
- The Metal That Went Medical
- Moving Bullion: The Logistics Nobody Prices
- After the Cyanide
- How Fake Gold Is Detected
- The Scrap Trade
Everything we have published is in the full archive, and corrections policy is set out in our editorial standards.
