Illegal mining in South Africa threatens the economy and worsens inequalities with incidents in Stilfontein and Sabie ...
Franklin Cudjoe, President of IMANI Africa, has criticised former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his handling of ...
The NGT has prohibited all sand mining activities in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district without the preparation and approval of a ...
China’s aggressive resource extraction in Myanmar is leaving a trail of environmental destruction and debt dependency in its wake, warns Vaishali Basu Sharma.
Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...
Over 20 years ago, then Indonesian president Megawati Soekarnoputri banned the export of sea sand from her archipelago nation ...
Illegal and small-scale mining known as galamsey is contaminating the country’s rivers and soil, activists say.
By Anthony Obeng Afrane In 2014, Ghana’s official gold export figures painted a picture of substantial wealth: $1.7 billion worth of the precious metal declared through the Bank of Ghana and shipped ...
Based on recent statistics, countries mining the most gold globally are revealed, along with their impact on the global ...
Illegal mining in the Aravalli range threatens biodiversity, groundwater, and local communities, leading to severe ecological ...
SRINAGAR: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has summoned the Deputy Commissioner of Budgam and directed an immediate cessation of illegal mining activities in the Sukhnag River following revelations ...
This trial highlights the Congolese government's efforts to tackle illegal mining. Found guilty of illegal mining, three Chinese nationals were recently sentenced to seven years in prison in the ...