A team of scientists from Flinders University have developed a method to extract gold from ore and e-waste using ...

The artisanal miners in Kassanda and Mubende districts live in squalor, enduring a lack of clean water, poor housing, shortage of pit-latrines and poor pay, among other challenges Thank you for ...

For the governments of West Africa's Sahel region, the stakes are even higher. Gold is a lifeline for the military juntas of ...

A new gold extraction method turns old electronics into treasure using pool disinfectant and sunlight — no poisons required.

Introduction Illegal mining, especially artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM), has proliferated across many developing ...

In Gold Fields' Tarkwa mine in Ghana, a high-tech cat-and-mouse game is playing out with increasing frequency as record gold ...

Seven workers were injured in the collapse, which occurred in an area controlled by the Sudanese Armed Forces.

A pool cleaner and a spongy polymer can turn used and discarded electronic items into a treasure trove of gold.

An interdisciplinary team of experts in green chemistry, engineering and physics at Flinders University in Australia has ...

Since the outbreak of war between Sudan’s regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in April 2023, both ...

A state-owned mining company said it had warned against working the "artisanal" shaft in Sudan's northeast because of the "risk to life." Gold-mining has helped fund the brutal civil war that broke ...

Since the outbreak of conflict between Sudan’s regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in April 2023, Sudan’s gold industry has substantially sustained both sides’ operations ...