In a blow to illegal gold miners along South America's Madeira River, law enforcement personnel have disabled 277 dredges worth an estimated US$6.8 million.

The Madeira River, one of the Amazon's largest tributaries, flows from the Andes through Bolivia into northern Brazil before joining the main Amazon River — an area long plagued by illegal mining and ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Brazilian police backed by Interpol have destroyed hundreds of dredges used in illegal gold mining along the Madeira River, in one of the biggest coordinated crackdowns yet on ...

It’s a toxic combination that is enriching criminal gangs and corrupt officials across the region, as the price of gold ...

(AP) – An Indian tribe, conservation groups and salmon fishermen filed a lawsuit challenging the return of suction dredges to mine for gold in California rivers. The lawsuit was filed late Monday in ...

(MENAFN- Caribbean News Global) LYON, France – INTERPOL has supported the first operation coordinated by the Amazon International Police Cooperation Centre (CCPI Amazônia) in Brazil against illegal ...

Ghana Water Limited has been forced to turn to a mining pit at Anglogold Company to supply its Bonsa Water Treatment Plant, ...

When Daniel Romero worked at a river mine in Canaima National Park, in southeastern Venezuela, he would wait until the sun ...

A pond among the dredge tailing piles in Sumpter Valley on Sept. 8, 2025. Baker County officials want to build trails and add other amenities to the 972 acres the county owns in the tailings about 26 ...

SUMPTER, Ore. — The beauty of traveling Oregon’s back roads and byways is the unexpected treasure that you may find along the way – not just the scenery, but interesting lessons about Oregon’s past.

PUERTO MALDONADO, PERU -- Boriam Valera has seen his future. It shimmers -- and sells for more than $1,100 an ounce. The tousled 30-year-old works a homemade gold-mining dredge along the banks of the ...