A landslide has engulfed a group of mainly women gold miners in Mali, killing several of them. In a statement broadcast on ...

In Zimbabwe they say, Hanzi bhande rinonzvenga vakadzi vakapinda mumigoghi (The gold belt will disappear if women go into the underground mine). Many men on artisanal or small-scale gold mining sites ...

Thirteen artisanal miners, including women and three children, were killed in southwest Mali on Wednesday after a tunnel in which they were digging for gold flooded, the national union of gold ...

A tragic incident in southwest Mali resulted in the death of 13 artisanal miners, including children, after a tunnel flooded.

More than a dozen artisanal miners were killed at a gold mine in the Koulikoro region in western Mali last week as a ...

Illegal artisanal gold mining in South Africa is in the spotlight again. Under Operation Vala Umgodi ("plug the hole"), South African authorities have since December 2023 been trying to disrupt ...

Contributions of gold to the Ghanaian economy Gold plays a vital role in Ghana’s economy, contributing significantly to ...

At least seven artisanal miners have been killed in clashes with armed forces at AngloGold Ashanti's Obuasi gold mining site ...

Regularised artisanal mining could also boost the security industry through protection services guarding these mines. It ...

It says more than 2 million people, or more than 10% of Mali’s population, depend on the mining sector for income. Artisanal gold mining is estimated to produce around 30 tons of gold a year and ...