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How to make a 10 gram golden ring

How to make a golden ring? (10 gr, tiny & shiny) rock 20,000 kg of 7,000 1 of water| 1.5 kg of the toxic chemical cyanide sodium: a dose that could easily kill 30,000 adults This cocktail of water and cyanide makes the gold. particles in the finely- ground rock stick together. Melt it down, process and polish it to get one tiny & shiny (10 gr) Mining industry tends to make more rings° an equivalent of about 240,000,0000 (2,400 tons of gold) i n g S is mined every year. Nothi n g tiny and shiny at all. by Hamster_Rave Sources: www.ocmal.org, www.gold.org O o o o o o

How to make a 10 gram golden ring

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As international gold price hits records, mining companies are struck by gold fever. Gold mining is big business - the last decade, gold price has risen 346% - carried out on a massive scale. To ge... t a minimal idea of the huge environmental and social impact of this industrial activity, one should zoom in: what is needed for a 10 gr golden ring? Lots of rock to be removed, lots of water spoiled and lots of toxic chemicals used, provoking local conflicts with affected communities all over the world. More in developing countries, where local regulations are weak and labor is cheap. Zoom out again. An average gold mine produces more than just one ring a day: 25 kg to be exact. The last decade, a yearly average of 2.400 tons of gold was mined worldwide. That's the equivalent of 240 million rings. And mountains of mining waste. Nothing shiny and tiny at all.

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