Most of that cobalt comes from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is mined by what are euphemistically called artisanal miners—desperate young men, women, and children who have no ...

After six months trapped underground, roughly 246 illegal miners were rescued at Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein, ...

The training was part of the organisation's commitment to addressing the specific needs and challenges faced by artisanal women in the mining sector.

The government has 85,000 registered artisanal miners, most of them from poor and remote areas, but only 20% of these miners have formal permits according to government data. The rest operate with ...

Ziva Community Initiative, has called for the adoption of digital technology and the incorporation of artisanal and ...

Teófilo Kukush, leader of the Wampís community in Peru, urged the government to declare a state of emergency due to illegal ...

The United States Institute for Peace (USIP) says foreign-controlled illegal mineral mining is a major threat to Africa's prosperity.

Artisanal mining is a common activity across much of West Africa and has become more lucrative in recent years due to growing demand for metals and rising prices. Deadly accidents are frequent as ...

The World Bank estimates that artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) directly employs at least 45 million people in 80 countries. Yet the sector’s reach does not end there: an additional 270 million ...

A lecturer at Nasarawa State University, Dr. Sunday Kpalo, in his keynote address, stressed the importance of stakeholder ...