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Iquira (Colombia)

Cooperativa Multiactiva Agrominera del Municipio de Iquira

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Located in a Tropical Forest The mining organization Iquira is located in the south-west of Colombia in the Department of Huila. In the middle of Colombia‘s coffee growing areas it is operated as a cl...

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Live Talk with Jan Spille

In session 2 of our video-podcast "Aufpoliert" we welcomed self-declared gold and precious stones activist Jan Spille . The Top 3 Insights Jan Spille shares in Session 2: Finding the right supply chai...

Jul 26, 2023 Video-Podcast

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Child Labor in my Jewelry?

In our first session of our new video-podcast "Aufpoliert" we have discussed the topics of sustainability in the jewelry industry, the problems of child labor and gender equality. Our Top 3 Learnings ...

Jun 27, 2023 Video-Podcast

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Casting Services

Fairever and Kalman Hafner: New Cooperation for Fairly Traded Precious Metals Robin Hafner and Florian Harkort Kalman Hafner, a long established casting house in Germany, which has clients all over th...

Jun 26, 2023 Jewelry Making

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Saskia Shutt

Saskia Shutt comes from a family of craftsmen who have honed their skills working with their hands. So it was no surprise when she decided to become a goldsmith. Since opening her workshop in 1999, Sa...

Jun 18, 2023 Community

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The Impact of High Prices on Small-Scale Mining Communities

We are currently experiencing a period of high gold prices, with the metal reaching record highs in recent years. While this may seem like good news for those in the gold industry, it has a significan...

May 4, 2023 Gold but Fair

Florian Harkort

Blood Gold

The price of gold is high: Gigantic areas of tropical rainforest are being cleared, countless people are being displaced, toxic waste is being dumped into rivers and groundwater is being contaminated....

Mar 15, 2023 Gold but Fair

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SOTRAMI (Peru)

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 popula...

Nov 25, 2022 Origins

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Why Recycled Gold is not a Solution

SUMMARY - The term recycled gold is used liberally. Gold that is sold as recycling-gold consists often of gold that could still be used in its previous form. - The origin of recycled gold is not trace...

Nov 25, 2022 Gold but Fair

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Minera Oro Puno (Peru)

Oro Puno is located in the south of Peru in the province of Puno, about 4,700 meters above sea level. The area is characterized by cold and snowy weather with temperatures between -10 °C to + 10 °C. T...

Nov 21, 2022 Origins

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Goldsmiths Grüngold

In 2013 Anna Römer and Hannes Brötz have opened their goldsmiths studio Grüngold in the old town of Tübingen. Stepping on this path in order to be able to work with responsibly sourced materials, has ...

Nov 21, 2022 Community

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Jan Spille

Jan Spille was one of the first goldsmiths in Germany to work with fair trade gold and silver since 2003. In 2015, his studio was the first German jewelry company to be Fairtrade certified. Shortly af...

Nov 21, 2022 Community

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