— "Whether big or small, any illegal mining activity will have to stop," Cimatu said in a statement at the time. The raiding team, led by officials from the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB ...

Illegal mining and trafficking in precious metals negatively impact peace, stability, security, development, governance, the rule of law, the environment and the economy.

 — Mining activities over the years have formed an integral part of the economic development of Ghana. Many economists believe the mining industry in many ways has greatly contributed to the ...

 — A scientific report released Monday by the organization MapBiomas showed that 65% of mining activities carried out in the Brazilian Amazon basin were not legal. MapBiomas also reported illegal ...

 — A village was set up to support 15,000 miners working in the ruby mine near Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar. Photo: Pardieu et al. (2017). However, compared to many other industries such as agriculture, mining …

 — Illegal mining has been ravaging our planet for decades. Not only is illegal mining riskier from a safety perspective for those who choose to participate, but it encourages reckless behavior and leads to outcomes that have negative long-term consequences. Illicit mining activities don't follow the same provisions that legal mining …

 — Today, due to the emergence of illegal mining, the community has lost that stretch of forested land to activities of illegal mining operators" (4 June 2020) Again, the chiefs referred to their streams and the Black Volta River where some years back served as sources of drinking water. The chiefs indicated that the high demand for water by ...

 — Illegal mining strips some 28 billion tons of material from the earth. The high incidence of "galamsey" or illegal mining in recent times, have been on several discussions and heated...

 — The government of Ghana has seen the need for real-time information on mining activities. SERVIR-West Africa in collaboration with Center for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Services (CERSGIS) are using Earth Observation and geospatial technologies to provide visual and analytic spatio-temporal (through time and space) …

 — mining has been described as illegal mining in most cases to relate the activities of local communities in their resistance to their gold rich lands being taken from them ( Bus h, 2008; Nyame ...

 — Illegal mining in the Amazon hits record high amid Indigenous protests. Satellite data confirm incursions on protected lands as Indigenous people fight for their rights — and recognition of ...

 — Illegal mining activities have wreaked havoc on natural ecosystems, leading to severe degradation of water bodies, deforestation, and land degradation. The …

 — History of Mining in Ghana. There is evidence of gold extraction activities in Ghana as far back as the 7th and 8th centuries A.D., as gold deposits attracted Arab traders into the country.7 These activities were strategically located along rivers where sediments believed to contain deposits of gold were washed constantly to separate the gold …

 — Although FARC dissidents and the ELN have used Venezuela as a safe haven for decades, they have more recently expanded their illegal activities to include illegal mining. After the Colombian peace agreement was signed in November 2016, Venezuela became a refuge for FARC dissidents and leaders who had become disillusioned with …

 — Illegal mining has soared in the Amazon as gold prices have surged in recent years. Mining destroyed a record 125sq km (48sq miles) of the Brazilian Amazon last year, according to official figures.

 — A global map of mining land use which utilizes high-resolution satellite data shows the growing scale of mine activities across countries and highlights widespread overlap with protected areas.

 — Remediation can be very costly economically and politically, as governments need to take measures against illegal mining and protect affected communities. See All Key Ideas

 — Illegal mining activities cost South Africa's formal mining industry more than 7 billion rand ($370 million) annually. The cost includes lost mineral reserves and extra spending on security measures. In addition to the direct loss to the mining industry, illegal mining also causes a massive leakage in the formal gold market. It is estimated ...

Amidst the socio-economic meltdown in Zimbabwe, increased illegal mining activities on recently discovered diamond and gold deposits have given local people a source of livelihood. The problem of illegal gold mining is fast spreading through the Eastern Highlands and other parts of the country, as hundreds of artisanal gold miners swarm to …

 — Amidst the socio-economic meltdown in Zimbabwe, increased illegal mining activities on recently discovered diamond and gold deposits have given local people a source of livelihood. The problem of ...

 — Silt overload and mercury pollution endanger river ecosystems—and the people who depend on them. 11 Jan 2023. 12:25 PM ET. By Paul Voosen. Miners sift for gold in the riverbeds of the Peruvian …

 — The idea of acquiring money within a simple means has been the motivation behind the children engaging in the illegal mining activities in the mining communities. Most of the young people in such ...

 — Illegal mining in Ghana has a negative impact on health by contaminating the water supply and raising risks for typhoid and other waterborne diseases. ... Given the economic boom, not much attention is paid to the health implications of the mining activities. Ghana is among the top mineral producing countries in Africa. While large-scale mining ...

 — A study by Boadi et al has established that two communities Ataso and Nnwerem in Ghana in 5 years have degraded 4.4 percent of the total area of the Offin shelterbelt forest reserve in addition to some admitted farms and some farm lands fringing the reserve through illegal mining activities.

Considering that the economic impact of mining activities promises benefits to the community, this activity leads to illegal mining. In the third quarter of 2022, more than 2700 illegal mining locations were classified into 2645 …

 — "In the context of COVID-19, illegal gold mining has been lining criminals' pockets more than ever before, allowing crime groups to funnel money into other illicit activities while destroying the local environment," said Cindy Buckley, Acting Assistant Director of INTERPOL's Illicit Markets division.

 — It is noted how environmental crimes, such as illegal mining, have become important sources of illicit revenues for organized crime groups (OCGs). ... the insurgency has taken control of mining sites and extorted money from ongoing legal and illegal mining activities. Within its organizational structure, there is even a fully functioning mining ...

Moreover, the illegal mining sector's informal nature makes it challenging for the government to track and collect revenue effectively. Limited resources and inadequate enforcement mechanisms contribute to the difficulty in curbing illegal mining activities and ensuring that miners fulfil their tax obligations.

 — The operations involved in the ASM sector include (i) Legal or Licensed Small-Scale Mining (ii) Illegal or Unregulated Mining, popularly known in the local parlance as "Galamsey" and (iii) Newly Established Community Mining. The only two regions without ASM operations are Greater Accra and Volta.

 — The Stakes Are Larger than Mining . The impacts of illegal mining are not confined to the human or the environmental. Illegal mining in Colombia intersects with some of the most intractable security challenges in Latin America. Both the ELN and dissident FARC groups finance their regional activities with