A study conducted by Bench Marks Foundation found that licensed mining companies purchase gold from illegal miners.

Court in Kazakhstan jails three crypto exchange operators as Central Asian nation steps up crackdown on illegal trading ...

Reiterating the zero-tolerance approach of the government towards illegal mining, Union Coal and Mines minister G Kishan ...

A miner who spent six months in a disused mine in South Africa has spoken of the horror he experienced after a police ...

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...

Social activist K Jagbar Ali, known for opposing illegal mining in Thirumayam, was murdered. Four suspects, including a stone ...

Police in South Africa said Monday they had launched a manhunt for the alleged "kingpin" behind an illegal mining operation where scores of bodies have been recovered after he escaped from custody.

South Africa's police have launched a manhunt for an alleged "kingpin", who is accused of controlling operations at an ...

Soldiers killed seven people during a clash with illegal gold miners at the Obuasi mine in Ghana. The incident sparked an ...

Ghana's military says that soldiers have killed at least seven people at a gold mine. The West African armed forces said Sunday that around 60 “illegal miners” carrying locally manufactured rifles and ...