From The World's partners at the Deutsche Welle, DW, program "Living Planet,” reporter Kathleen Schuster looks into some ...

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SIX small-scale miners received essential mining equipment on Monday from the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) as part of ongoing efforts to ...

Mara Region Resident Mining Officer, Amini Msuya, said the project had reached an advanced stage, following the government’s ...

Ban on mercury in dental fillings is a positive step. But small-scale gold mining will remain the largest global contributor to mercury pollution without ...

Speeding over to a muddy bank of Peru's Madre de Dios river in a motorboat, Karina Garay pointed to a small wooden structure.

Ghana’s small-scale mining sector — once a source of livelihoods and local pride — has spiralled into a full-blown national ...

Ghana expects to rake in $12-billion a year from small-scale gold production if output doubles as planned. Gold exports from the country have surged as international prices have soared, and much of ...

In 1992, Sydney Possuelo, then the head of Brazil's indigenous affairs agency Funai, led an operation to evict thousands of ...

Faced with massive illegal gold exports that have drained billions from the national economy, it would assert greater state ...

SMALL CAN BE GOLDEN TOO The Ghanaian Chamber of Mines believes that licensed small-scale mining operations can contribute greatly to the country's economy The Ghanaian Chamber of Mines is in favour of ...