http://www.recycle.co.uk/blog/jewellery-mining-%e2%80%93-a-catastrophe-waiting-to-happen/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:29:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.recycle.co.uk/blog/jewellery-mining-%e2%80%93-a-catastrophe-waiting-to-happen/#comment-415 Designers we love…Stella McCartney « Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:42:01 +0000 http://www.recycle.co.uk/blog/?p=352#comment-415 [...] on saving the environment by using only recycled gold and silver to discourage further mining that negatively effects the [...] [...] on saving the environment by using only recycled gold and silver to discourage further mining that negatively effects the [...]

]]> http://www.recycle.co.uk/blog/jewellery-mining-%e2%80%93-a-catastrophe-waiting-to-happen/#comment-307 Refining gold | Refining Gold Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:13:38 +0000 http://www.recycle.co.uk/blog/?p=352#comment-307 [...] Jewellery Mining – a catastrophe waiting to happen | Recycle BlogThe gold is sent to a refining and smelting centre where huge amounts of fossil fuels have to be used to remove the impurities from the metal. Around 50 percent of these mining operations are taking place on native lands. …  read more… [...] [...] Jewellery Mining – a catastrophe waiting to happen | Recycle BlogThe gold is sent to a refining and smelting centre where huge amounts of fossil fuels have to be used to remove the impurities from the metal. Around 50 percent of these mining operations are taking place on native lands. …  read more… [...]

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