Peru Police Destroy US$394,000 of Illegal Gold Gear
Peru police destroyed an excavator and five illegal gold camps worth about US$394,000 on the Tambopata River in Puno, with...
October 9, 2026Topic
illegal mining
Peru Attack at Poderosa Gold Mine Kills Two Guards
An armed attack killed two security guards at a Poderosa gold mine entrance in Peru's Pataz province, which is under...
October 8, 2026
Bolivia Navy Raids Illegal Mining Camp on Beni River
Bolivia illegal mining: the navy raided a foreign-run camp on the Beni river as scientists gave Pope Leo XIV a...
October 2, 2026
Colombia Illegal Gold Mining: Security Chiefs Meet in Southern Bolívar
Colombia illegal gold mining is the target as ministers and military and police chiefs meet in southern Bolívar, where armed...
September 30, 2026
Madre de Dios Mining Raid Destroys Dredges and Camps, No Arrests
A four-day Madre de Dios mining raid burned dredges and camps inside a protected Amazon reserve in Peru. No detentions...
September 29, 2026
South Africa Moves to Formalise Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining
South Africa is criminalising illegal gold extraction while creating permits for artisanal miners, after an estimated R60 billion loss in...
September 10, 2026
Ghana Has Counted 8,578 Fibre Cuts This Year, and Paid US$20m to Mend Them
Ghana fibre cuts reached 8,578 in 2026 and cost operators more than US$20m, with road works behind 49% and illegal...
September 8, 2026
Stolen South African Chrome Is Already Inside the World’s Stainless Steel
Illegal chrome mining South Africa costs about 600,000 tonnes a year, roughly 10% of output, and launders into the legal...
September 4, 2026
Ghana Has Lost 8,900 Hectares of Forest to Illegal Mining
Ghana illegal mining has affected about 8,900 hectares of forest reserve, and Cabinet has approved cutting large-scale mining leases from...
August 15, 2026