Gold Mining

Toxic runoff from politically linked gold mine poisons Cambodian rivers, communities - Mongabay 24.11.25 499467
Illegal gold mining clears 140,000 hectares of Peruvian Amazon - Guardian 08.10.25 492523
Tapping into the World’s Largest Gold Reserves - ENN 22.05.25 471016
Peru’s rare peatland swamps at risk as illegal gold mining expands - Mongabay 26.03.25 462690
This researcher found billions in ‘invisible’ gold in Jo’burg’s mine dumps - Al Jazeera 19.05.24 415947
Brazil’s illegal gold trade takes a hammering, but persists underground - Mongabay 16.04.24 408637
Landslide in the area where the İliç Gold Mine is located (Turkey) - Bianet 13.02.24 397577
Tweet: Let us hope against hope for those trapped underground. The "landslide" seems to be a heap leach pad collapse - if anything, even worse than a tailings dam collapse, s… 397579
Tweet: Major landslide at the Canadian SSR Mining’s Çöpler gold mine in Turkey. At least 9 mineworkers are trapped under the rubble. This came in the wake of their cyanide le… 397578
Tweet: The rain-induced landslide injured at least 11 people and killed 16 people. Apex Mining Company operated the gold mining firm which the same company who violates human… 397580
Gold fever: big mining companies circle as El Salvador prepares to reverse ban - Guardian 03.02.24 396640
Bid to mitigate gold mine’s impact on orangutans hit by stonewalling, data secrecy - Mongabay 02.02.24 396899
‘This river is doomed’: Peru’s gold rush threatens waterways and the people who depend on them - Guardian 22.12.23 390896
Chinese gold miners ‘illegally’ tearing up Cambodian wildlife sanctuary - Mongabay 07.12.23 388283
Peru’s crackdown on illegal gold mining a success, but only briefly, study shows - Mongabay 05.12.23 388285
Gold and mercury, not books, for Venezuela’s child miners - Al Jazeera 20.09.23 373201
A community is fighting to stop gold mining firms polluting Ecuador’s rivers - Open Democracy 03.08.23 364701
How to Convince a Village to Destroy Their Future in 8 Steps - CD 09.07.23 360747
27 gold miners perish in Peru - WSWS 28.05.23 349645
The Toxic Legacy of the Gold Rush - Gizmodo 15.05.23 349892
On the border of Colombia and Venezuela, illegal gold mining unites armed forces - Mongabay 12.05.23 347024
A Guatemalan town fights to bar gold mining and save its waters - Mongabay 09.05.23 347029
Arequipa gold mine fire kills at least 27 in Peru - BBC 08.05.23 345169
Gold miner faces global protests as it rekindles a mine with a violent legacy - Mongabay 01.05.23 344881
UK company mining gold in Amazon on disputed land - Guardian 18.04.23 341760
South Africa’s gold mining legacy - Al Jazeera 17.04.23 341295
The link between excavators and the increase in illegal gold mining in the Amazon - Greenpeace 14.04.23 340770
Brazilian gold miners get free rein in Venezuela’s Indigenous lands - Mongabay 11.04.23 341356
UN environment agency tackles mercury-tarnished gold mining industry - UN News 16.02.23 330353
Rescue efforts for 18 trapped after Xinjiang gold mine collapse - Al Jazeera 25.12.22 322128
In Liberia, a gold boom leads to unregulated mining and ailing rivers - Mongabay 22.12.22 322229
Gold mining invades remote protected area in Ecuador - Mongabay 21.12.22 322232
About 72% of gold miners poisoned with mercury at artisanal mining sites in Cameroon - Mongabay 29.11.22 319207
‘It’s never enough’: the Senegal goldminers surviving from one nugget to the next - Guardian 09.08.22 302274
Tracing gold: the illegal gold supply chain in Brazil - Pressenza 13.07.22 295789
From The Field: “Bioprospecting”, Cambodia’s sustainable gold rush - Global Issues 07.07.22 294500
Swiss pledge to stop illegal gold imports from Brazil Indigenous reserves - Mongabay 27.06.22 293325
Indonesia: Proposed gold mine is ‘recipe for disaster’ amid repression of Indigenous Papuans - Amnesty 21.03.22 279516
Gold rush in Ecuador’s Amazon region threatens 1,500 communities - Mongabay 11.03.22 278999
In a biodiversity haven, mining drives highest ever recorded levels of mercury - Mongabay 28.02.22 274998
Burkina Faso gold mine blast kills 60 - BBC 22.02.22 276312
Tarnished gold: Illegal Amazon gold seeps into supply chains - AP News 13.01.22 269625
Dozens killed in gold mine collapse in Sudan - Al Jazeera 29.12.21 267337
Birth defects in Indonesia’s Lombok linked to gold mining - Al Jazeera 20.12.21 266006
Siberia: Gold mining is destroying the lands of the indigenous Shor people - Pressenza 06.12.21 264444
Tanzanian gold miners ten times more likely to die from road injuries, study finds - Mongabay 15.10.21 258135
Rich countries may be buying illegal gold that’s driving Amazon destruction - Mongabay 03.09.21 254663
Kumtor: the gold mine that could make or break Kyrgyzstan - Open Democracy 22.06.21 248374
Detecting gold mining in Ghana - ENN 02.06.21 246913
Community activists are marching to ‘give toxic gold-mining the boot’ - The Canary 30.05.21 246255
After gold miners shoot Yanomani people, Brazil cuts environmental regulation further - Mongabay 13.05.21 244251
Persistence of slave labor exposes lawlessness of Amazon gold mines - Mongabay 04.03.21 237785
Gold mining in Russia’s Central Aldan ore district - ENN 01.02.21 234317
Court ends attempt to mine for gold near Yellowstone - EcoWatch 11.12.20 228061
Dozens feared dead in mine collapse as pandemic-fueled social catastrophe wracks Zimbabwe - WSWS 30.11.20 226605
Years after defeating a giant gold mine, activists in Colombia still fear for their lives - Mongabay 29.10.20 222390
As gold surges, mining threatens one-fifth of Indigenous lands in the Amazon - GreenBiz 28.10.20 222434
More than 50 killed at collapsed gold mine in eastern DR Congo - The Canary 12.09.20 216587
Mercury from gold mining contaminates Amazon communities’ staple fish - Mongabay 03.09.20 215497
Trump set to block controversial Alaska gold mine - Politico 22.08.20 214683
Amazon gold mining drives malaria surges among Indigenous peoples - Nat Geo 12.08.20 214289
Major bank investment in disputed Armenian gold mine to end - Open Democracy 12.08.20 214360
Zimbabwe's new gold rush - Open Democracy 07.08.20 213878
Gold price surges to record high - WSWS 06.08.20 213505
Amazon gold mining wipes out rainforest regeneration for years: Study - Mongabay 04.08.20 213489
Goldminers overrun Amazon indigenous lands as COVID-19 surges - Mongabay 30.07.20 213259
Trump admin reverses Obama-era restrictions on a gold and copper mine near Alaska's largest salmon nursery - EcoWatch 27.07.20 212955
Philippine court rejects OceanaGold’s bid to keep mining on expired permit - Mongabay 16.07.20 212672
‘Unacceptably high’ risk of tailings dam failure in Canadian miner’s Amazon project - Mongabay 10.07.20 212313
Gold priced at $1,700 per ounce brings new gold rush to Brazilian Amazon - Mongabay 01.07.20 211825
Study: Gold mining restricts Amazon rainforest recovery - University of Leeds 29.06.20 211493
Emails underscore UK role in Armenian mining dispute - Open Democracy 22.06.20 210856
Gold mining with mercury poses health threats for miles downstream - ENN 28.05.20 208482
A proposed mine in Alaska will endanger brown bears, and much more - Guardian 20.05.20 208178
Politics and Porgera: why Papua New Guinea cancelled the lease on one of its biggest mines - Guardian 12.05.20 207312
Canadian company positions for mining ban lift in Argentine province - Mongabay 11.05.20 207146
The mining map: who’s eyeing the gold on Brazil’s indigenous lands? - Mongabay 07.05.20 207149
Mining reforms have left Colombia's artisanal miners behind - IIED 15.04.20 205325
Gold mining threatens indigenous forests in the Brazilian Amazon - Mongabay 08.04.20 204669
Standoff over Philippines’ Didipio mines escalates - Mongabay 06.04.20 204176
The village still suffering from Peru mercury spill fallout – after 20 years - Guardian 02.04.20 204628
A third of La Pampa forest cleared for illegal mining ponds - Mongabay 02.04.20 203482
Davi Yanomami warns uncontacted Yanomami in Brazil could soon be exterminated - Survival International 24.03.20 203165
What's next for Peru's Operation Mercury? - Mongabay 19.03.20 202497
Resisting the gold rush: Dalradian resources and the struggle against gold mining in Ireland - Corporate Watch 21.08.19 202835
Illegal Mines and Local Mafia Take Shine Off Latin American Gold - The Guardian 18.09.16 179412
Illegal Gold Mining Drives Human Rights Abuses in Latin America, Claims Study - The Guardian 17.09.16 179413
Gold mining: the search for common ground – International Institute for Environment and Development 18.06.15 179416
How much gold is there in the world? - BBC 4/13 179417