THE Tanzanian government has announced a move to empower small-scale miners to help them achieve their goals and grow the mining sector,the Minerals Minister, Anthony Mavunde, notified today, February ...

In a recent study published in the journal Biogeosciences, scientists have confirmed that mercury pollution from artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is contaminating food crops not through ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A global mercury conference in Geneva faced sharp criticism Friday from environmental and Indigenous groups for failing to take stronger steps against mercury use in ...

The Guyana government says it will distribute a large acreage of mining lands to local small-scale gold miners within the next two to three months. The Ministry of Natural Resources said at least 75 ...

Artisanal and small-scale miners (ASM) have sustained the dominance in gold deliveries, faring much higher than the country's large-scale players.According to data released by Fidelity Gold Refineries ...

THE Ministry of Natural Resources on Sunday announced the rollout of a new “Troy-like” land-allocation model aimed at ...

In a recent study published today in the European Geosciences Union (EGU) journal Biogeosciences, scientists have confirmed that mercury pollution from artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is ...

A small, leafy, green peanut plant grows out of a patch of dirt. When David McLagan’s team sampled mercury isotopes in cassava, maize, and peanut crops (like the one shown here) grown downwind of a ...

In pursuing greater value addition to natural resources, the country has officially begun refining gold purchased from the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector following commencement of ...