Illegal Mining

The ministry of Mines in Zambia is seeking K5 million ($508,766.24) to formalise small scale gold mining across the country. Last year, the ministry suspended all small scale gold mining...

Foder (Forest and Rural Development), an NGO based in Cameroon, has blamed the failure of Chinese corporations for the deaths of 43 illegal miners in holes in abandoned mines in...

Mining in Namorunyang in Kapoeta region. Photo: gurtong.net South Sudanese residents of Kapoeta state say they found a way to earn money to feed their families: selling gold. Gold mining...

Small Scale TriTank Installation. Photo: APT In the past decade, relentlessly, prominent individuals, various agencies and companies in the mining industry have been urging the government to promote smaller mining...

  During the presentation of the 2018 Budget Statement and Economic Policy Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta told parliament recently  that committees will be formed in all mining districts to fight against...

Fred Moyo, Zimbabwe's Deputy Minister of Mines and Mining Development. Picture /Courtesy of New Zimbabwe Following a string of allegations about illegal gold mining mafias generating millions of dollars in...

Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) in the USA, widely considered as the world’s most powerful financial services regulatory body, is reviewing its 2014 Guidance on the Conflict Minerals Rule, according to...

Amnesty International’s report, entitled This is what we die for: Human Rights Abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo power the global trade in cobalt, on the exploitation of children...

Anyone entering the illegal mining trade plays Russian roulette with his own life literally. There is a bullet somewhere written with his name either from rivals or sneaky close friends....

In South Africa, the illegal mining industry continues to flourish, almost in defiance of global commodities slump, which has resulted in some mining companies closing or “rightsizing” their operations. This...