World Jan 16 Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police tactics By Mogomotsi Magome, Gerald Imray, Associated Press
Politics Jan 31 EPA uses rare veto to block Alaska copper, gold mine plan The area supports the world's largest sockeye salmon fishery. Alaskan Native tribes and environmentalists are heralding the move after a long fight against the proposed Pebble Mine. By Becky Bohrer, Patrick Whittle, Associated Press
World Aug 18 Brazil government removes environment chief in possible reprisal The action comes just days after the environmental chief granted an interview to television behemoth Globo about illegal gold mining in Yanomami Indigenous territory. By Fabiano Maisonnave, Associated Press
World Sep 22 Watch 5:56 Peru looks for reforms after mining decimates the Amazon In February, Peruvian authorities were sent in to the Amazon Rainforest to disrupt environmental devastation brought on by illegal gold mining. Satellite imagery now shows a 90 percent decline in new deforestation as the government and environmentalists try to initiate… By Leo Schwartz
World Sep 21 Watch 8:31 Gold mining leaves heart of Peruvian Amazon a wasteland A decade of illegal gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon has left thousands of acres of rainforest a wasteland. Unpermitted miners cleared vast sections of trees near Peru's border with Brazil and infused the land with mercury, causing an environmental… By Leo Schwartz
Oct 09 Watch 6:37 Extracting gold with mercury exacts a lethal toll By PBS News Hour In Indonesia, the use of mercury in small-scale gold mining has tragic health consequences for those living near mining operations. Toxic plumes and other forms of exposure cause neurological problems, bone deformities, vision loss, deafness and even death. The NewsHour's… Continue watching
Feb 17 Photos: Child miners exposed to toxic chemicals in illegal gold mines By Larry C. Price Technically illegal but practiced openly, small-scale mining activity is everywhere. This region once hosted large gold mining operations which exploited the rivers and clear-cut hundreds of thousands of acres in search of promising deposits after securing the necessary permits from… Continue reading