The shooting stemmed from a dispute over an ongoing investigation into illegal mining activities in South Solok Regency.

However, the same year, the U.S. Department of Justice initiated federal action to seize the gem, pending a Brazilian case ...

Illegal mining activities have been reported near Birpara village in the Chaygaon revenue circle, under the West Kamrup ...

Surviving on a diet of toothpaste and toilet paper, South Africa's notorious "zama-zama" illegal miners continue a weeks-long ...

JOHANNESBURG - Police are monitoring exit points as extraction efforts continue at the abandoned mine shaft in Stilfontein, ...

Indigenous leaders from the Wampis Nation in Peru are urging lawmakers at the House of Commons in London to ban international ...

Coal mining company Liberty Coal has launched proceedings out of the Mpumalanga division of the High Court of South Africa against another mining entity, in relation to alleged illegal mining ...

Illegal artisanal gold mining in South Africa is in the spotlight again. Under Operation Vala Umgodi ("plug the hole"), South ...

Illegal gold mining, known locally as “galamsey,” has spread across Ghana, driven by historic rises in global gold prices.

South African authorities are embroiled in a standoff with an unconfirmed number of illegal miners who remain underground at ...

Learn about crypto tax in India, including the latest regulations, tax rates, and how crypto transactions are taxed, to ...