25 Jul

Posted at 09:19h in Gold

How the world’s biggest gold refiner is sourcing from a company that has bought gold linked to militias in Sudan [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='4' up='' down=''] The world’s largest gold refiner, Switzerland-based Valcambi, has sourced over 20 tonnes of gold from UAE-based refiner and gold trader...

20 Apr

Posted at 13:03h in Gold

Accountancy firm EY has been ordered to pay $10.8m in damages to a whistleblower who claimed it covered up evidence of money laundering. Auditor Amjad Rihan sued EY after being forced out of his job in 2014. A year earlier, Mr Rihan led an audit that discovered...

27 Jun

Posted at 13:29h in Gold

A United Nations report published last week suggests the trade of conflict minerals in the Democratic Republic of Congo is alive and well despite international regulations designed to curb the practice. Factions of the army along with rebel groups in the east of the country are...