A landslide at a gold mine in Indonesia's Papua has killed at least six with over a dozen missing:: May 19, 2025:: Arfak ...

Government officials and the local communities have intensified their crackdown on small-scale illegal copper and gold mining ...

The quickest way to separate gold from rock, Sadio Camara says, is with a drop of mercury. She empties a dime-sized packet of ...

The upcoming African Mining Week (AMW) – Africa’s premier gathering for mining stakeholders, taking place on October 1 – 3, ...

Mwamba Mining has been highlighted as a notable success story in a recent World Gold Council report examining the role of ...

Formalizing Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) for Growth: Mining in Motion to Unpack Ghana’s Success, Ongoing ...

Indonesian rescue teams were searching for 19 people missing after heavy rain caused a landslide at a gold mine in its ...

Indonesian rescue workers are racing to find 19 people missing after a landslide struck a gold mine in the country’s ...

Torrential rain triggered a landslide late on Friday in a small-scale mine run by local residents in the Arfak mountains in ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) -Torrential rains forced a halt on Monday to Indonesia's search for 14 missing in its easternmost region of Papua after a landslide killed six workers at a gold mine and injured four ...

It’s extremely dangerous.” Artisanal and small-scale gold mining is the largest global source of mercury emissions, even more than the burning of coal, according to the UN Environment Programme.

In Senegal’s gold-rich Kedougou region, women and children face serious health risks from mercury exposure used in gold processing ...