A global non-profit group has warned that a proposed P200-million capital cost cap on mineral processing plants for ...

The surge in gold prices is driving a rapid expansion in informal and unregulated gold mining that is often illegal and ...

Government has announced new measures to formalise artisanal and small-scale mining sector, aimed at improving market access, transparency and fair pricing for an estimated 300,000 miners operating ...

Peru's Congress on Wednesday approved a one-year extension to a temporary permit program for small-scale miners amid ongoing protests that sought a longer timeframe for miners to regularize their ...

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has approved a transformative project developed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Liberia and supported by the African Development Bank Group to ...

Zimbabwe’s gold export revenues jumped 88% to $3.76 billion during the first 10 months of this year, driven by record ...

The Minerals Development Fund (MDF) has launched an environmentally sustainable mining initiative aimed at reducing water and ...

In a recent study published in the journal Biogeosciences, scientists have confirmed that mercury pollution from artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is contaminating food crops not through ...

Your Excellency President Mr JD Mahama, Please pardon me to remind you that Artisanal Small Scale Mining which is termed as ...

The Minerals Development Fund (MDF) has launched an environmentally sustainable mining initiative to reduce water and land ...

Ghana has banned mining in forest reserves as part of sweeping environmental protections aimed at safeguarding water bodies ...

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining has likely risen to about 30% of global supply, the World Gold Council estimates.