For centuries, artisanal gold miners in the Asgede district, located in the North Western Zone of the Tigray region, have used traditional tools for gold extraction. However, in recent years, this ...

The practice takes place near homes and rivers. Researchers show large chunks of critically important forest are being ...

The deadly effects of mercury are equally hazardous to small-scale miners. Most use mercury to separate gold from rock, spreading poison in both gas and liquid forms. UNIDO estimates that one ...

Unregulated mining, wey many know as 'artisinal mining', dey happun wen companies abandon mines wey no dey profitable, ...

Norelis Arias walks on land in northern Colombia that’s brimming with greenery, birds chirping in the trees. It’s a far cry ...

The results will be potentially lifesaving as miners now have more information about what it means to use mercury by hand. Another example is reporter Amrita Jaisi’s story about students in Nepal who ...

The miners chopped down huge swaths of rainforest in what was once one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. The toxic chemical they use to separate gold from the sediment – mercury ...