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