APC chieftain, Jonathan Vatsa, has stated that the two most lucrative businesses in Northern Nigeria are illegal mining and ...

The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Thursday said it has filed the prosecution complaint in an illegal mining case pertaining to the Beas River in Himachal Pradesh and the Yamuna River in ...

In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...

The practice takes place near homes and rivers. Researchers show large chunks of critically important forest are being ...

A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader known as “Tiger” escaped from custody with help from police officers after ...

Massive illegal mining operations that lasted for mere months left scars deeper than its brief operations in Surigao City, ...

Minister Gwede Mantashe. Archive photo: GCIS/flickr. Illegal mining is waging war on the South African economy, with the illicit trade costing the country at least R60b in 2024. This is according ...

In challenging economic and geopolitical times, investors bet on gold for its ability to store value. Gold prices hit record ...

AS the dust settles from a recent government-sponsored rescue mission in Stilfontein, the pervasive issue of illegal mining continues to cast a long shadow over the North West province of South ...

A former governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomole, on Friday, accused some unnamed retired military generals of complicity in illegal mining activities going on across the country. Oshiomole ...

The Minister nominee for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has issued a strong warning against illegal mining, stating that the government will take decisive action against ...

The Senate, on Friday, accused some unnamed retired military generals as being behind the numerous illegal mining activities taking place across the country. This is even as it recommended the sum ...