Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thousands of Peruvian miners gathered for a second consecutive day in Lima on Tuesday, demanding the extension of temporary ...

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 ...

Nyang’hwale. Small-scale miners across the country will now operate under stronger legal safeguards following a regulatory overhaul tightening controls over mining licences, foreign participation and ...

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President Dr. Irfaan Ali will visit the mining communities of Puruni and Bartica on Friday, February 6, 2026, as part of continued efforts to strengthen ...

Government has defended the deployment of defense and security personnel to mining sites to tackle illegal mining activities.

The government is working towards the rehabilitation of derelict and ownerless mines, alternatively ensuring they are ...

Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, Gwede Mantashe, has warned that illegal mining is one of the most pressing ...