The industrial demand for gold has remained relatively static over the past decade and is a small proportion of total gold demand. Current applications are briefly reviewed and the prospects for future growth discussed. It is evident that substantial growth in demand will come only from the development of new applications for gold. The prospects for new applications based on emerging science and technology are reviewed with particular emphasis on gold catalysis, an exciting new sector for which commercial prospects appear promising. The work of the World Gold Council and others to encourage exploitation of the technology is highlighted in the context of future demand prospects.
HOLLIDAYR. J., CORTIC. W and GOODMANP.: ‘Gold — the cost effective, recyclable electronic material', Recycling Electrical and Electronic Equipment 4, Conference Proceedings, 6–7November2001, London, Regents Park Marriot Hotel.
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KNOSPH., HOLLIDAYR. J. and CORTIC. W: ‘Gold in dentistry: alloys, uses and performance”, Gold Bull., 2003, 36, 93–102.
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HOLLIDAYR. J. and CORTIC. W: ‘Trends in the use of gold in current industrial applications', Proc. 26th Annual IPMI Conference, 15–18June, 2002, Miami, FL, USA.
HARUTAM., KOBAYASHIT., SANOH. and YAMADAN.: ‘Novel gold catalysts for the oxidation of carbon monoxide at a temperature far below O'C', Chem Lett., 1987, 4, 405.
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PATTRICKG., LINGEN VAN DERE., CORTIC. W, HOLLIDAYR. J. and THOMPSOND. T.: ‘The potential for use of gold in automotive pollution control technologies: a short review', Topics Catalysis, 2004, 30/31, 273–279.
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CORTIC. W.: ‘Doubling industrial demand for gold: pipedream or reality?', LBMA Annual Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 1–3June2003.
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CORTIC. W. and HOLLIDAYR. J.: ‘Commercial aspects of gold applications: from materials science to chemical science', Gold Bull., 2004, 37, 20–26.
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CORTIC. W, HOLLIDAYR. J. and THOMPSOND. T.: ‘Commercial aspects of gold catalysis', AppL Catalysis A: General, 2005, 291, 253–261.
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CORTIEM.: ‘The weird world of nanoscale gold', Gold Bull., 2004, 37, 12–19.
See various papers presented at GOLD2003conference, particularly bySchmidbaurH. and PyykkoP.. These are available on the World Gold Council websitewww.gold.org or via www.gold2003.org.
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CORTIC. W. and HOLLIDAYR. J.: ‘A golden future', Materials World, 2003, 11, 12–14.
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MAHERE.: ‘The potential use of gold in superconductivity applications’, GOLD 2003 conference, Vancouver, Canada, 28 September — 1 October2003.
