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Pandora buys around 340 tonnes of silver and one tonne of gold every year

Pandora stops using mined silver and gold

Pandora, the world's largest jeweller by amount of products sold, has stopped using mined silver and gold and now only manufactures with recycled precious metals, which require less energy to produce.

Business • 30 Jan 24

The phenomenon has driven a 1,500% rally in the shares of videogame retailer GameStop

Timeline - Silver surges as GameStop mania spills over

Silver prices surged to a five-month high today, silver-mining stocks leapt and coin-selling websites were swamped as small-time investors scooped up the metal, the latest target of a retail-trading frenzy that has unnerved financial markets.

Business • 01 Feb 21

Silver has become the latest target of a retail-trading frenzy that has set financial markets on edge

Silver swept up by GameStop retail frenzy, prices soar

Silver prices surged to an eight-year high today, silver-mining stocks leapt and bullion dealers were scrambling as small-time investors piled in to the metal.

Business • 01 Feb 21

Spot gold prices have surged 53% in the last 14 months

Gold forges record high as investors seek safety

Gold soared to a record high today as investors rushed into the safe-haven commodity on concerns about heightened China-US tensions, spiking virus infections and a lack of progress on a new stimulus bill in Washington.

Business • 27 Jul 20

Gold's gains have been driven by a tariff war between the world's two largest economies and quantitative easing by major central banks

Gold set for best year since 2010 on weak dollar

Gold rose to its highest level in more than three months today, capping its best year in nearly a decade, on a weakening dollar and year-end buying in thin-volume trading.

Business • 31 Dec 19

48 tonnes of silver recovered off Galway coast

A record-breaking 48-tonne haul of silver bullion has been recovered from a shipwreck three miles beneath the Atlantic off the coast of Ireland.

News • 19 Jul 12

Gold, silver and food - safe havens for savings?

Gold and the Swiss franc are hot targets for investors at the moment. Some warn gold is another bubble about to pop and the Swiss are worried about their currency. So where else are people investing savings?

Business • 05 Dec 12

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