Bloomberg Investigates the Dark Side of the Gold Boom

Last Updated on Monday, 20 December 2010 23:06 Monday, 20 December 2010 23:06

This week, Bloomberg News, Bloomberg.com, Businessweek.com and Bloomberg TV examine gold's longest bull-run in six decades.

An extraordinary run-up in the price of gold is impacting the lives of more than just investors, according to a series of special reports from Bloomberg. The series reveals how the metal's longest bull-run in 90 years-- fed in part by new financial instruments that track gold-- is having an immense human and economic impact worldwide. And is gold still the safe haven it was for investors historically?

Bloomberg News, Bloomberg.com, Businessweek.com, and Bloomberg Television will find out what's behind the recent rush into gold.

To follow video, news stories and more coverage from this special series, developed by Bloomberg News' award-winning Projects and Investigations team, visit www.businessweek.com/go/10/gold/

Tune in to Bloomberg Television to see:

Toxic Gold in Nigeria

Tomorrow, Bloomberg Television and Bloomberg News examine the unintended consequences of the 21st century gold rush, with exclusive reporting from a region in Nigeria that one medical professional termed the site of "the worst lead poisoning crisis in modern history."

Global Gold Jewelry Collapse

Special reporting examining how the rising price of gold has changed the economics of the jewelry market around the world, impacting buyers and sellers from India, to Turkey, to the United States and beyond.

Gold Mining in China

Bloomberg examines how, as China grows into one of the world's leading gold markets, more and more miners in China -- often working without contracts or insurance-- are suffering from increased rates of black lung disease.