An average smartphone contains about 0.034 grams of gold, tiny in each device, but millions of phones make those bits add up ...

Most people would be surprised to learn that all the gold ever mined in the world would nearly fit into just three Olympic ...

Understanding the complex relationships between gold and rising prices could reshape your investment strategy.

Grasping the real worth of gold starts with understanding what 'gold carat' means – a measure that reveals how much pure gold lies beneath its polished surface. This proportion of gold blended with ...

Sotheby’s has announced it will auction a solid gold toilet, a sculpture by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan called “America.

Gold has properties that make it useful in electronic devices, but mining old cell phones and computers for the metal isn't ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Less than a day after gold soared to another record high, prices for the precious metal plunged — marking the ...

Central banks now hold more gold than US Treasuries for the first time in 30 years — signaling a global pivot toward hard ...

There's a lot of talk about the price of gold this year. And for good reason -- the yellow metal soared 65% from the beginning of the year through Oct. 20, its strongest performance in a calendar year ...

Olga González, a gemologist and communications strategist, examines the urgent global challenge of mercury pollution in ...

A range of factors has driven gold prices to record highs this year — a surge some Wall Street analysts think is likely to continue.

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