From ancient empires to modern central banks, gold has been more than a precious metal: it has been a refuge, a symbol, and ...

Gold is prized for its beauty and rarity but it is also indestructible, the same piece changing forms through history and ...

Giuseppe Penone’s principal materials are trees, wood, leaves, plants and rocks. A new solo show in London brings together ...

Most small-scale gold mining operations separate gold from ore by adding liquid mercury and then burning the mixture, ...

HORTICULTURE students from Greenmount College shared a message of hope at the newly opened Gate Lodge Gardens in Derry’s St Columb’s Park, with the planting of a special tree cultivated from Ginkgo ...

In the remoteAmazon rainforest, trees are becoming unexpected sentinels against environmental destruction caused by illegal gold mining. New research shows that mercury pollution, a toxic byproduct of ...