by Andres Castellanos | Apr 7, 2026 | Blog
Once gold is illicitly extracted from the ground using unregulated chemicals, and in some cases child labor or forced labor, it enters the market outside any regulatory oversight. From that moment, there are only two ways for this gold to be laundered: Declared as...
by Andres Castellanos | Jul 2, 2024 | Blog
Industrial recycled gold is essentially a fabricated concept regarding the source and origin of gold, designed to obscure the fact that recycled gold is largely obtained from a wide range of pawn shops and cash-for-gold businesses. It is more practical and safer for...
by Andres Castellanos | Jun 11, 2024 | Blog
The miners are the driving force behind this supply chain. In the jewelry industry, it is quite rare to highlight mining. Instead, there has been a significant effort to keep this crucial and important aspect of jewelry production from being showcased. It all begins...
by Andres Castellanos | May 28, 2024 | Blog
First and foremost, it’s highly important to create a basic flowchart outlining the supply chain of recycled gold. This visual representation will reveal a wealth of information efficiently. You’ll soon realize that recycled gold primarily comes from pawn...
by Andres Castellanos | May 6, 2024 | Blog
The process of refining gold starts with obtaining dore from a mine that holds Fairmined certification. Dore, the raw gold in its unrefined form, is delivered to our production plant by a representative from the mine. Our initial task involves analyzing the gold and...
