BAROBO, SURIGAO DEL SUR—For many families in the upland villages of this town, small-scale gold mining has long been more than a source of income—it has been a means of survival where jobs are scarce ...

The toxic legacy of gold mining in the Amazon Rainforest could finance its own remediation while creating more than 200,000 jobs that transform illegal extraction into a regulated industry, a new ...

With gold prices at an all-time high, illegal gold mining is again rising— a recurring pattern between gold prices and illegal gold mining. Earlier this month, several top-tier news reports covered ...

Allegations by mining analyst Peter Major that President Cyril Ramaphosa and Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe oversaw the loss of up to 500,000 mining jobs have sparked renewed ...

Is anyone making money from California's current gold rush?

Statistics South Africa puts the country’s unemployment rate at 32.7% as of the first quarter of 2026. The mining sector, however, increased employment by 0.4% quarter-on-quarter to 474,162, adding 1, ...