It’s a toxic combination that is enriching criminal gangs and corrupt officials across the region, as the price of gold ...

Illegal gold mining is rapidly overtaking cocaine as the most profitable criminal enterprise in South America, reshaping Peru's Amazon into a violent, unpoliced frontier. As global gold prices soar, ...

A global mercury summit in Geneva has faced criticism from environmental and Indigenous groups for failing to act on mercury use in small-scale gold mining, the world’s top source of ...

Uncover the legacy of gold mining in South Carolina and the impressive high-grade finds at Haile mine's Pisces and Horseshoe ...

Experts on reporting on illegal mining in Zimbabwe, Brazil, and Turkey shared tips on building sources on the ground, ...

Brazilian lawmakers are advancing controversial bills to legalize mining on Indigenous lands, where hundreds of mining bids have already been filed, as the nation positions itself as a key supplier ...

Wealthy nations’ surging appetite for metals has fueled a flurry of plans to mine in wilderness around the world, including ...

When Daniel Romero worked at a river mine in Canaima National Park, in southeastern Venezuela, he would wait until the sun had slipped behind the ancient sandstone tepuis before heading to the raft.

A toy maker takes his case against Trump's tariffs to the Supreme Court Within days of Donald Trump announcing his sweeping "Liberation Day" tariffs in April, Rick Woldenberg was looking for a law ...

How do you police the world's biggest tropical rainforest? Faced with deadly violence, indigenous people have set up their ...

Deep in the Amazon, Indigenous women say they fear getting pregnant. Rivers that have been the lifeblood of their people now carry mercury from illegal gold mining, threatening the health of their ...

The majesty of the Amazon River—the world's largest river and the "lungs of the Earth," now ailing from the climate ...