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Gold: the most sustainable commodity in the world?
Gold: the most sustainable commodity in the world?
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Gold: the most sustainable commodity in the world?

Guest commentary by expert Ronald-Peter Stöferle The public is still being fed the narrative of gold being a dirty metal. Gold is considered environmentally reproachable because open-pit mining requires enormous volumes of rock to be moved; and in rare cases, mercury is used in the process. Gold is also regarded as soiled in terms of […]