22 August 2009

BBC documentary podcast about "Gold"

Gold - part one
Duration: 20min
Man's long-term obsession with gold and the lengths we have gone to to get it. From the ancient myth of King Midas, through Alexander The Great and the Spanish Conquistadors to the massive mines of South Africa, Nick Rankin unlocks the history and enduring fascination of the rare yellow metal that has been integral to economic exchange systems for millennia. [download]

Gold - part two
Duration: 24min
Nick Rankin descends into the deepest goldmine in the world – Tau Tona in South Africa for part two of this series. Five thousand miners extract gold up to four kilometres under the surface but for every tonne of ore they take out, there is only 8 grams of gold to be found. Nick talks to miners about their lives underground and learns about the real price of gold. [download]

Gold - part three
Duration: 23min

Nick Rankin explores how we assess the value of gold. [download]

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