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Artisanal mines in Brazil a front for gold laundering, investigation shows

Nearly half of permitted small-scale gold mines in a corner of the Brazilian Amazon are likely fronts for laundering gold mined elsewhere, including protected areas and Indigenous...

Illegal Miners Under Pressure as Mining Marshals Intensify Operations in Nasarawa, Plateau

The Federal Government has intensified its crackdown on illegal mining activities with renewed operational engagements by the Mining Marshals across mining sites in Nasarawa and Pl...

The Brazilian government keeps giving out mining licenses in the Amazon – in spite of evidence of gold ‘laundering’

An InfoAmazonia investigation found patterns of illegal gold laundering in the Tapajós River basin in Pará state, where Indigenous communities like the Munduruku people face mercur...

Liberia: Gold Rush Chaos Threatens Rivers, Power, and Governance

[Liberian Observer] The artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector is drifting toward a systemic crisis, with new findings suggesting that what began as a survival livelihood fo...

Brazil gold mining rush brings deforestation and mercury risks to the Amazon

SAO PAULO (AP) — The surge in gold prices in recent years has fueled a renewed mining rush in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, accelerating deforestation in protected areas and driving...

Security forces clear illegal gold miners

SECURITY forces have launched a massive crackdown on Mutare River, flushing illegal gold miners out of riverbeds and into mountains.This comes amid... To access this con...

Brazil: Satellites expose rampant gold mining expansion on Indigenous Kayapó land

The Kayapó Indigenous Territory has emerged as a major hotspot for illegal gold mining in the Brazilian Amazon’s Xingu River Basin, a major Amazon tributary. That’s according to a...

Cameroon uncovers more than 200 illegal gold mines, mostly foreign-owned

Nearly 200 illegal artisanal gold mining companies, most of them foreign-owned, have been uncovered in central and eastern Cameroon, the mines ministry said Wednesday.

AI tool tracks spread of illegal gold mining in Amazon protected areas

In July 2025, the Indigenous Shuar people celebrated the end of a decade-long struggle when they received official titles for three communities — the Shuar Tunants, Kampan and Tsun...

The Perilous Clash – How Artisanal & Small-Scale Mining (ASM) Threatens Conservation and Climate Finance in Protecte...

In Africa and no exception to Zambia, artisanal and small scale mining (ASM) has long been framed among livelihood lifelines for the rural poor. However, this narrative risks blind...

Brazilian state greenlights deforestation for contested open-pit gold mine

The state of Pará in the Brazilian Amazon has authorized Canadian mining company Belo Sun to begin clearing nearly 600 hectares, or almost 1,500 acres, of rainforest for an open-pi...

Gold-fueled mining rush scars Brazil’s Amazon, spiking deforestation and mercury risks

The surge in gold prices in recent years has fueled a renewed mining rush in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, accelerating deforestation in protected areas and driving mercury contamina...

Inefficient mining methods hamper gold output

ZIMBABWE is losing most of its gold output to poor recovery techniques used by artisanal and small-scale miners. Speaking during a Planet... To access this content, plea...

Artisanal Miners in Western Kenya Move Away From Mercury

KAKAMEGA, Kenya, April 1 (IPS) - They call this land Bushiangala. Gold has been mined here for nearly a century. In 1931, colonial prospectors arrived after traces were found in t...

Indonesia seizes mercury shipment bound for illegal mines in the Philippines

JAKARTA — Authorities at Indonesia’s largest port seized hundreds of kilograms of the toxic heavy metal mercury in late April. The bust reflects the vast scale of illegal mining un...

Gold rush survival: Sudanese miners turn to trade amid war

In the mountains of Dalgo Mahas in northern Sudan, unregulated miners armed with metal detectors search tirelessly for gold, hoping to earn enough to support their families amid de...

5 illegal workers trapped in central Zambia gold mine

LUSAKA, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Five illegal miners were trapped after a gold mine collapsed in Zambia's Central Province, Minister of Water Development and Sanitation Collins Nzovu said...

Illegal mining more than just a law enforcement issue, research fellow says

A presentation by University of South Africa (Unisa) Centre of Excellence: Adaptation and Resilience postdoctoral research fellow Dr Kennedy Manduna has challenged dominant narrati...

JAND:Crackdown Against Illegal Gold Mining in River Indus, 12 Held

Dirty Gold

A Times investigation shows how the U.S. and Canadian mints ended up buying gold that came from a Colombian drug cartel.

Two Chinese Nationals Arrested for Illegal Mining

Laleye Dipo in Minna Two Chinese nationals have been arrested by officials of the Niger State Government for unauthorised mining activities. The duo was arrested during a strategic...

Four killed in illegal mining pit collapse at Bepotenten Sukuum

A tragic mining accident at Bepotenten Sukuum in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region has claimed the lives of four illegal miners after an abandoned pit unexpectedly...

Pressure Mounts on Govt to Halt Gold Mining in Western Kenya

Residents in western Kenya accuse mining firms of unlawful land acquisition, sparking protests and calls to halt activities across three counties.

Foreign Nationals Arrested as Nigeria Cracks Down on Illegal Mining Linked to Security Threats

Nigeria’s Minister of Solid Minerals Development Dele Alake has revealed that foreign nationals arrested over illegal mining activities and suspected security links have been hande...