The SOTRAMI mining cooperative is located in Santa Filomena, a small village in the Atacama desert in southern Peru. In the 1980s, as a result of an economic crisis, the region was increasingly populated by miners who tried their luck prospecting for gold in abandoned mine shafts.
Around 100 million people worldwide live off artisanal and small-scale gold mining.1 It produces an estimated 15 % of the gold that comes out of
From September 27, 2026, the EU bans blanket environmental claims and sustainability labels that no certification scheme stands behind. „Sustainable gold”, „green gold” and „eco-certified”
In this piece, Fairever founder Florian Harkort shares what first drew him to fair gold nearly two decades ago, how a question that surfaced in
With a clear commitment to responsible mining, Bellevue stands out as a new generation gold mine in Western Australia. For clients looking for SMO Gold,
When you buy gold, one question matters more than ever: where does it come from? That’s exactly why we now offer Single Mine Origin (SMO)
Anyone who begins looking more closely at gold quickly realizes that the subject is far more complex than the simple question of “good” or “bad”
