KOLBINSKY, Russia -- From Krasnoyarsk to the village of Kolbinsky is roughly 167 kilometers, about 100 of which are on asphalt and then gravel. On the asphalt road, there is a lot of traffic, but as ...
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Brazil’s Tapajós River Basin emits 16 metric tons of CO2 per kilo of gold produced, and 2.5 metric tons of mercury annually, a study has found. Researchers ...
Mongabay Latam traveled along 38 kilometers (24 miles) of Peru’s Cenepa River, near the border with Ecuador, where illegal mining dredges run around the clock in search of gold, hemming in seven ...