Gold Recycling Is Back In Vogue As Prices Rise

Jewelers adjust, and refiners see more volume.

Thanks to rising gold prices, gold recycling is up more than 10 percent in the first six months of 2016 over the same period last year, Bloomberg reports. “More people are unloading old treasures, recyclers are expanding capacity and some jewelers are seeing their businesses transformed,” the article says. A London jeweler told the news organization that it is buying more gold than it is selling these days, and gold refiners in London and Dallas report significantly expanded volumes. Gold prices have risen 26 percent in 2016.

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