If you liked this story, share it with other people. The mercury used to amalgamate gold is cheap, effective and toxic. Studies from artisanal and small-scale mining sites across the Amazon reveal ...

The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) has dismissed interpretations suggesting that the Chief ...

As the price of gold booms, so does the roar of excavators and scream of chainsaws in some of the world’s most ecologically ...

The MoU was signed by the World Gold Council (WGC) and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI’s).

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The government is working to establish gold processing centres for small-scale mining cooperatives, with the first facilities expected to be introduced in the first quarter of 2027 as part of efforts ...

Former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Professor Stephen Adei, has urged the ...

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Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is a widespread livelihood activity across Sub-Saharan Africa, characterised by low-tech, labour-intensive methods for extracting minerals such as gold, ...

Despite repeated crackdowns, illegal gold mining in the Mondulkiri’s Mesam area, in Chong Plas commune, Keo Seima district, ...