Thirteen miners have been found dead inside a mine in Peru after being kidnapped several days earlier. They were working at a gold mine owned by Peruvian mining company Poderosa, which is based in ...

Police in Colombia have arrested a man suspected of being involved in the killing of 13 kidnapped workers at a gold mine in ...

The murders in early May put the spotlight on increasing violence provoked by a gold rush in Peru’s northern Pataz district.

The mine has also been a hotbed of illegal gold mining. By Mitra Taj Reporting from Lima, Peru The bodies of 13 gold miners were found in an underground shaft at a site operated by Peru’s ...

Guards' deaths highlight the rising issue of illegal mining and violence in Peru's Amazonian province of Pataz.

It was gold that brought the Spanish conquistadors to Peru in the 1500s. More than 500 years on and the precious metal is ...

When the Invicta mine opened and its trucks began to rumble up and down the windy roads with precious metals extracted from deep inside, the people of Parán said, “No.” This is episode 39 of Stories ...

Peru's President Dina Boluarte has announced a 30-day suspension of mining activities in the northern district of Pataz in response to the recent abduction and murder of 13 gold mine workers ...

Five hundred metres inside a mine shaft, three men armed with military-grade weapons agreed to speak to the Guardian.

Criminal groups are taking advantage of weak oversight to infiltration gold supply chains along trade routes in Africa, the ...

LIMA, May 5 (Reuters) - Mining in Peru's northern district of Pataz will be suspended for 30 days, President Dina Boluarte said on Monday, after 13 gold mine workers in the area were kidnapped and ...

Element79 Gold (CSE:ELEM) is closely watching the Peruvian government's recent changes to oversight of small-scale and ...