In Zimbabwe it was believed that if a woman went underground the gold seam would vanish, but above ground women held ...

Peru, the world's No. 2 copper exporter, could see farming overtake mining as the biggest economic driver by 2050, the country's agriculture minister told Reuters, eyeing meat exports to China, tax ...

Chris Musiime, a Mandela Washington Fellow in 2014, is an advocate for sustainable extractives management in Uganda.

The Ghana National Association of Small-Scale Miners (GNASSM) has assured the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, ...

Government has inaugurated the Technical Committee of the Ghana Gold Board, a step toward stabilising the nation’s currency ...

The National Concerned Association of Small-Scale Miners (NCASSM) has called for a probe into the utilisation of over $200 million allocated between 2017 and 2024, to combat illegal mining (galamsey) ...

Small towns embedded in agricultural areas have grown significantly over the last decades, driven particularly by the effects ...

Speaking at the ZMF strategic meeting in Harare last week, president Henrietta Rushwaya highlighted the need to reserve small ...

Fidelity Gold Refiners has hailed small-scale gold miners for contributing over 65 percent of the 36,48 tonnes of gold Zimbabwe produced in 2024 as the formalisation of artisanal mining continues to ...

Industrial mining employs 7 million globally. but artisanal and small scale miners comprise at least 45 million people across ...

The solution to the problem of informal economies is not policing. Nor is it regulation. The solution must begin with massive regional economic repair.

Tourists are drawn to destinations for their unique and authentic natural environments. Galamsey disrupts these environments, ...