NEW YORK, July 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- For years, the mining industry has revolved around high-risk, capital-intensive exploration, where the odds of success are slim—often it's a one-in-a-thousand ...

Peru’s government is acknowledging for the first time the existence of large-scale informal mining of copper, warning that high prices could see the activity grow in the near future. The government is ...

To mark International Women’s Day we’re digging into an often overlooked, but critical sector for the global economy, and for many millions of women: Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM). From gold, ...

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 ...

Richard Kwaku Kumah receives funding from International Development Research Centre under the IDRC Doctoral Research Award for his current PhD research on artisanal and small-scale mining in Ghana.

Gold prices are reaching historic highs (https://ibn.fm/5Vz3s), U.S. national debt continues to climb (https://ibn.fm/d9mQV) and central banks are purchasing gold at record-breaking levels ...