The government of President Dina Boluarte has extended Peru's small-scale mining formalization program through December, even ...

Small-scale gold miners from Camarines Norte and Mountain Province are pushing for a formal, more elevated status for their ...

A team of scientists from Flinders University have developed a method to extract gold from ore and e-waste using ...

According to the association, Ghana's economic progress is heavily reliant on the mining sector, and therefore, the ...

Co-chair of the Ghana Extractive Industries and Transparency Initiative (GHEITI) Dr Steve Manteaw, has encouraged small-scale miners to operate more responsibly to gain government’s recognition and ...

A new gold extraction method turns old electronics into treasure using pool disinfectant and sunlight — no poisons required.

In 2022, humans produced an estimated 62 million tonnes of electronic waste – enough to fill more than 1.5 million garbage ...

Introduction Illegal mining, especially artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM), has proliferated across many developing ...

For the governments of West Africa's Sahel region, the stakes are even higher. Gold is a lifeline for the military juntas of ...

A pool cleaner and a spongy polymer can turn used and discarded electronic items into a treasure trove of gold.

Anywhere between 5% and 30% of gold in South Africa – once the world’s top producer – is mined illegally, laundered, and ...

At Kitanda Village in Kiruuma Sub-county, Mubende District, hundreds of artisan miners engage in the gold mining business. They built makeshift homesteads, using mud, tarpaulin, and reeds, ...