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Mining Indaba: From crime to catalyst – artisanal miners demand reform
In South Africa last month, 78 gold diggers died in an underground rescue effort. The illegal miners, locally referred to as ...
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Gold Rush Gone Toxic - Illegal Mining in Tigray Endangers Lives, Environment As Authorities Turn a Blind Eye to Cyanide and Mercury Use
For centuries, artisanal gold miners in the Asgede district, located in the North Western Zone of the Tigray region, have used traditional tools for gold extraction. However, in recent years, this ...
Mali gold mine accident kills more than a dozen, including women and children
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 ...
Landslide kills several artisanal gold miners in southern Mali
A landslide has engulfed a group of mainly women gold miners in Mali, killing several of them. In a statement broadcast on ...
Rituals, rites and rumours: how women claim power in Zimbabwe’s informal gold mines
In Zimbabwe it was believed that if a woman went underground the gold seam would vanish, but above ground women held ...
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Mali Gold Mine Accident Kills More Than a Dozen, Including Women and Children
More than 70 people were killed in January last year after a shaft collapsed at an artisanal gold mining site in the Kangaba Cercle.
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Landslide kills several artisanal gold miners in southern Mali
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 ...