Category: Mining and recycling

  • ☆Gold acid test kit to check gold purity.

    ABOUT GOLD PURITY: As a measure of purity, one carat is 24 purities by mass. Therefore, we have X=24 Mg/Mm, where X is the carat rating of the material, Mg is the mass of pure gold in the material, and Mm is the total mass of the material. As such, 24-carat gold is 99.9% fine…

  • Gold mines in India.

    India stands as one of the world’s largest consumers of gold, annually importing around 800 metric tons of this precious metal. Despite its significant gold ore resources, estimated at 2,191.53 metric tons by the World Gold Council, only a fraction has been explored and exploited, indicating vast untapped potential for gold mining in the country.…

  • Georgia Gold Rush. 1829 – 1840.

    The Georgia Gold Rush, the second significant gold rush in the United States and the first in Georgia, began in 1829 in present-day Lumpkin County near Dahlonega. It quickly spread through the North Georgia mountains along the Georgia Gold Belt. By the early 1840s, gold became scarce, prompting many miners to move west, triggering the…

  • Gold mining in China.

    Gold mining in China has positioned the country as the world’s largest gold producer, with 403 tons mined in 2022. In 2007, China surpassed South Africa, which had held the top position for 101 consecutive years, by producing 276 tonnes of gold compared to South Africa’s 272 tonnes. This shift was primarily due to a…