Modern technology meets age-old craftsmanship to give polished results at this gold factory.
Through a series of design processes using Jewel CAD software, sketches are inputted into a prototyping machine.
The prototyping machine creates a wax resin mould.
The resin mould is then inserted into a rubber block to create a master mould.
The finished piece is seen with the original hand-drawn sketch.
The master mould process is repeated to form wax "trees" (left) which are then set into negative cement moulds and filled with molten gold producing "gold trees" (right).
The rough gold trees are separated, set with gems, polished and perfected by top master jewellers.
During the first six months of 2010, 608 tonnes of gold was traded though Dubai, with an overall value of $21.17 billion.
All the existing gold in the world would go around the planet 7.2 million times if made into a 5-micron thick wire.
One hundred million people worldwide depend on gold mining for their livelihood.
The melting point of gold is 1,064 degrees Celsius, while the temperature at which gold reaches its boiling point is is 2,808 degrees Celsius.
Sixty per cent of all corporate mining activity is represented by the World Gold Council.
Thirty-five separate successive global price hikes of gold took place in 2010.
Even at only ten parts of gold per quadrillion, the world's oceans are estimated to hold up to 15,000 tonnes of gold.
An estimated 165,000 tonnes of gold has been mined since the beginning of civilisation.
The price of gold has increased 394 per cent from December 2000 to October 2010.
Around 60 per cent of gold mined today becomes jewellery.
Dh106.43bn is the total worth of gold traded through Dubai in 2009, according to Dubai Multi Commodities Centre Authority (DMCCA).
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