Dis month, authorities rescue hundreds of illegal miners from one mine shaft for South Africa. Wetin be di dangers of working ...

Using mercury to extract gold is currently the cheapest method available to small miners here, Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat said, and banning it would put most of this country’s ...

Once estimated as 20,000 in the territory, hundreds of illegal miners still remain and may expand business at the slightest ...

PHC extends stay order against gold mining in the area The petitioners requested the court to declare as unconstitutional use of mercury and other environment polluting activities of miners as a ...

Tourists are drawn to destinations for their unique and authentic natural environments. Galamsey disrupts these environments, ...

Illegal and small-scale mining known as galamsey is contaminating the country’s rivers and soil, activists say.

National Minister for Wildlife Conservation and Tourism, Rizik Zachariah Hassan, has closed down illegal gold mining in Boro ...

The military’s murderous tactics in defence of the mining giant’s profits caused outrage, with people taking to the streets of Obuasi town in protest and setting fire to several buses.

The petitioners requested the court to declare as unconstitutional use of mercury and other environment polluting activities of miners as a healthy environment was fundamental right of everyone ...

For the past decade, a Santa Fe shop has served as the only certified fair-trade gold jeweler in the country, according to its owner and CEO. Now, Reflective Jewelry, 912 Baca St., also carries the ...

Small-scale miners use lots of water by digging up soil around riverbeds in forested areas and washing it off to reveal gold ore. They use toxic chemicals such as mercury and cyanide to separate ...