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Karats in gold… a really old story.

By |2018-11-10T16:18:39+01:00July 12th, 2015|Non classé|

The usage of carat in gold is an old story… a very old one. One day, you may ask yourself this obvious question: Why did we divide gold into 24 shares? Why did we call this unit or proportion “carat/karat (shortened K)” back then? Where do 24K, 18K, 14K and 9K categories come from? Lire la suite [...]

Does sewage be valued at gold ?

By |2018-11-10T16:20:31+01:00July 11th, 2015|Uncategorised|

We hold our noses, we put our gloves, pulled out his pan : human excrement and sewage are a potential mine of precious or rare metals such as palladium and vanadium used in electronics, say US scientists. “There’s metal everywhere as in shampoos and hair conditioners, other care products, laundry detergents and even nanoparticles in socks fiber to Lire la suite [...]

The American Gold Show !

By |2018-11-10T16:19:00+01:00July 11th, 2015|Uncategorised|

Gold rush is a reality show from the Discovery Channel, it tells the story of six miners going on an adventure to Alaska, looking for the precious yellow metal: gold. Lire la suite […]

Gold, paper money and banks.

By |2018-11-10T16:18:52+01:00July 11th, 2015|Uncategorised|

Do you think someone woke up a morning and said “I’m going to create a bank” or “I’ve dreamed of something, I will call it a bank” ? Well, banks and bankers neither came up out of nowhere, neither this way… Lire la suite […]

Has gold a stupid value ?

By |2018-11-10T16:18:46+01:00July 11th, 2015|Non classé|

Is Gold STUPID? On gold, we can read everything and its opposite. there are the “cranks” of gold that incense and those who despise it. Why is there so different perspectives on gold, hatred to the fascination ? Lire la suite […]

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