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Our beloved city, Melbourne has celebrated her 180th birthday this year. One hundred and eighty years ago in June 1835, the tall ship Enterprize sailed up the Yarra River. Landing a party of five men, one woman, a cat, stores and livestock on the northern bank headed by John Batman. Recording in his diary John described what he saw: "About six miles up, found the river all good water and very deep. This will be the place for a village”. Thus a fledgling settlement had begun. For almost…

Sterling silver jewelry has always been popular precious metal in all countries in ancient legends and throughout history. While silver is used in many products, their use as money and sterling silver jewelry are the source of its mystique and intrigue. There are many pieces of film on the basis of the sterling silver jewelry theft and looking for sterling silver jewelry lost items with magical properties. If you like sterling silver jewelry, you will probably feel the same way every time you…

Gold is a rare and valuable metal. It has been widely used throughout the world in many forms for centuries such as currency, jewelry, medicine, awards, electronics, etc... Gold has attracted both wealthy and poor people. Humans started the process of gold mining 7000 years ago, between 4700 and 4200 BC. Miners risk their lives everyday working underground, to provide food on the table for their families and their children. The process of gold mining causes serious problems to our environment.…

EVOLUTION OF GOLF FROM JEWELLERY TO TRADED COMMODITY -Pankaj Pandey Introduction This article aims to explain the evolution of Gold as a medium of trade and how, over the time, Gold has changed its image as mere jewellery item to a commodity that can be traded. This article also explores both global as well as regional factors that affect the demand and supply of gold thereby affecting its prices. We also explore how gold has traversed its journey from jewellery shop to being the most traded…

Product Description for 100 oz. Engelhard Silver Bar (https://sdbullion.com/100-oz-engelhard-silver-bar) Engelhard was one of the most reputable silver bar manufacturers in the industry, based in New Jersey, USA. Each Engelhard Silver Bar weighs 100 oz. and is made of .999 fine pure Silver. Due to their rich history, their products have always commanded heaps of respect in the precious metal market. Over the years, the bars have been produced either by the pouring method or by the striking…

The Homestake Gold Mine is located in Lead, SD (fig 1). The Homestake Gold Mine was the largest gold mine in the western hemisphere, and it was the United States’ longest continuously operating mine until it closed in 2002. The mine closed because it was costing more to get the gold out than the gold was worth hence why mining is called economic geology. The Homestake was also the deepest mine in the western hemisphere. The Homestake gold mine has three main formations in it. The formations…

The content of Africa the birth place of modern man and a land rich in natural resources such as diamonds, oil and other high sought after goods in the global market place. The question that is begged to be asked is how a place with so many resources can be poor and under developed in a lot of places. The answer lies on two root causes in Africa violent and turbulent history. The first is as old as Africa itself and that is tribalism in what the populations are divided into separate tribes…

evoked considerable interest and eager debates that was met with contrasting views. This essay will discuss the concept of Porter’s Diamond alongside his theory and framework, accompanied by the academic criticism this model has attracted to find out why so much emphasis was placed on the diamond framework. Porter's Competitive Advantage of Nations Porter’s "national diamond" which identifies a set of six factors—factor conditions; demand conditions; related and supporting industries; and firm…

reality of the diamond industry in Sierra Leone, there is a need to take a look back in its history. Sierra Leone was colonized by the English, in which, the De Beers Corporation controlled much of the diamond mining area in Sierra Leone. Despite gaining independence, the diamond sector was still controlled by the De Beers. De Beers took the advantage of the instability of the newly formed government, allowing it to take control of almost all of the diamond operations in “diamond mining region…

Innovation Assignment Question 1 One of the world's leading diamond mining companies (De Beers), was struggling to find ways to control and minimise diamond theft. As a result, this threatened their business viability due to substantial profit losses at many of the mines at the time. In attempts to start mitigating this problem, De Beers used a combination of physical body searches and conventional x-rays to detect any smuggled diamonds. According to Brian Ainsley, operations director at De…