The report, Toxic Toil: child labour and mercury exposure in Tanzania's small-scale gold mines, describes how children dig and drill in deep, unstable pits, work underground for shifts of up to 24 hours, and transport and crush heavy bags of gold ore.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Gold prices wavered Wednesday, trading on either side of $1,420 an ounce, finding support from concerns about possible military action against Syria but also fighting pressure from profit-taking following the sharp gains …

I can go down to the local grocery store and buy aluminum foil for roughly 40 cents per square foot — and NASA's complaining about their budget? Why would the national space agency have to opt for make their foil out of gold rather than reliable old …

Gold climbed to a three-month high in New York, approaching a bull market, as speculation about an attack against Syria within days spurred demand for precious metals as a haven. Silver rose to four-month high. Any armed response would be focused on …

Hines said right now there is no way around the Xbox Live Gold fee, but made clear that the issue is "something that we're aware of and we keep pushing on to see if there's something that can be done." The Elder Scrolls Online will carry a $15/month …

Speaking with The Official Xbox Magazine during Gamescom, Bethesda PR and marketing boss Pete Hines said of the Xbox Live Gold requirement, "[W]e have been in talks with Microsoft about that very thing, and seeing whether or not there's any room to …

It's by no means the first, but has maybe gone the furthest to test how durable Apple's latest gold color holds up to some extreme abuse. That comes in the form of a knife scratch test, which scrapes up the back of the phone to show how it holds up to …

(Dar Es Salaam) – Children as young as eight-years-old are working in Tanzanian small-scale gold mines, with grave risks to their health and even their lives, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Tanzanian government should curb …

Even as the rupee plunged to a new record low of 66.3 to the dollar on Tuesday, sustained buying by stockists and traders saw gold prices soar to a record high. After opening trade firmly, gold scaled a high of Rs. 33,788 on the multi-commodity …