Gold and All Its Glory

March 12, 2010

Even though centuries have passed since gold’s discovery people still use it in the same ways today.

The most common use of gold is in jewellery manufacturing. In fact, 80 percent of all gold is used to make jewellery. Societies use it as a form of currency and in medical and electronic applications due to its ability to maintain its value, avoid corrosion by air, water, temperature and other harmful chemicals.

More interesting than all the ways people currently use gold is that “15 percent of annual gold consumption is recycled each year.”

O2P would like to help increase this percentage and you can help too by selling your old, broken, scrap gold to us for recycling.

Our intention is to smelt the items, not repair or resell. In doing so, we hope to recycle enough to increase the amount of ethical gold available to the jewellery industry and help supply the rapidly expanding requirements needed for medical and electronic applications.

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