Two violent massacres just this month demonstrate the growing risks of illegal mining in Latin America. The region’s criminal groups have increasingly turned to illicit gold as a source of revenue ...

KEDOUGOU – The quickest way to separate gold from rock, Sadio Camara says, is with a drop of mercury. She empties a dime-sized packet of the silvery liquid into a plastic bucket of muddy sediment ...

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 ...

New technologies, international partnerships and luxury buyers are driving a global shift toward sustainable, mercury-free gold. Courtesy Pure Earth Gold has captivated humanity for millennia, ...

High prices and weak oversight have turned Mexico into one of the main suppliers of mercury for gold mines across Latin America, according to an Environmental Investigation Agency report. Despite ...

By Kingsley Webora TANKEHA sophisticated Hungarian geological device for mining and water exploration is set to be introduced in Ghana. The device, which is owned and operated by Geogold Karpatia – a ...

Planet China: Seventh in a series about how Beijing’s trillion-dollar development plan is reshaping the globe—and the natural world. Chinese miners are illegally extracting Congolese gold on a vast ...

Who was hot and who was not? Miners posted major gains in Q1 2025, but these gains got an assist from the decline by many miners in the preceding Q4 2024. For instance, while GDX gained 35.56% in the ...