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World's Largest Gold Miner Challenged In Latin America

AP | LUIS ANDRES HENAO | Posted 04.13.2013 | Latino Voices

SANTIAGO, Chile — A Chilean court's halt to construction of Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8 billion, border-straddling mine on the high spine of the And...

It's Time to Stop the Pebble Mine

Robert Redford | Posted 03.10.2013 | Green
Robert Redford

A long-awaited study by the Environmental Protection Agency has confirmed that the Pebble Mine -- along with its estimated 10 billion tons of mining waste -- would spell disaster for Bristol Bay, its legendary salmon runs, its pristine environment and its people.

The Smell of Freedom in Indonesia

American Anthropological Association | Posted 02.13.2013 | World
American Anthropological Association

Smelling freedom in the shifting winds of history, a multitude of church leaders, politicians, and ordinary citizens are starting to take action in solidarity with this struggle.

Asian Gold Miners Use Borax to Replace Toxic Mercury

Ben Barber | Posted 01.27.2013 | Green
Ben Barber

Each year tens of thousands of people are poisoned by toxic mercury spewed into the air, land and water by small-scale gold miners in Indonesia and other low income countries where production has soared as gold prices skyrocketed.

Canada meets Wirikuta: Visit from Council of Canadians' Maude Barlow

Tracy L. Barnett | Posted 01.19.2013 | Green
Tracy L. Barnett

From the moment Maude Barlow passed under the crumbling stone arch and saw the first nopalera laden with red cactus fruits, she knew she was entering another dimension.

They Go to Die

Kolleen Bouchane | Posted 09.30.2012 | Impact
Kolleen Bouchane

Mr. and Mrs. Mkoko are one of four families in the film They Go to Die -- Mr. Mkoko, who was present at the screening, is the only one of four miners who has survived the hardships resulting from his time in the mines.

Dominican Republic Bets On Gold To Boost Economy

AP | BEN FOX and EZEQUIEL ABIU LOPEZ | Posted 07.03.2012 | Latino Voices

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- One of the world's largest gold mining operations is about to open in the Dominican Republic, where the industry ...

Cleaning Mercury Out of Indonesian Gold

Ben Barber | Posted 05.30.2012 | Green
Ben Barber

The rivers of Indonesia's Kalimantan provinces seem pristine and free of the toxic stuff floating around in the Hudson and the Potomac rivers, but thousands of gold miners are pouring toxic mercury into the air.

Cody Survives Accident On Deck Of 'Bering Sea Gold'

Posted 05.04.2012 | TV

It's risky work on "Bering Sea Gold" (Fri., 10 p.m. EST on Discovery), with perhaps as much danger coming from the ships the crews are working on as i...

'Bering Sea Gold': Mutiny On The Wild Ranger

Posted 04.27.2012 | TV

Unless the entire crew backs the play, it's usually not a good idea to start calling out the captain of any vessel. Luckily for Steve, they were still...

Impressive Dollar Amount Achieved On 'Gold Rush Alaska'

Posted 04.20.2012 | TV

With work still ongoing, the boys of "Gold Rush" (Fri., 8 p.m. EST on Discovery) are starting to see both their fortunes and their moods improve. Aft...

Owner Of 'Illegal' California Gold Mine Surrenders To Face Charges

AP | DON THOMPSON | Posted 04.11.2012 | Business

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man who state and local officials say is running a massive illegal gold-mining operation in California's Sierra Nevada s...

Did 'Gold Rush Alaska' Crew Mine Enough To Turn Profitable?

Posted 02.06.2012 | TV

With running costs of $1,000 per day, Fred Hurt and his crew at Porcupine Creek will only start turning a profit once they extract at least 50 ounces ...

Proposed Gold Mine Riles Local People In Peru

GlobalPost | Posted 12.07.2011 | World

President Ollanta Humala's tightrope act was never going to be easy: keeping Peru's economy booming while cracking down on the mining industry'...

Mali: Artisanal Mines Produce Gold With Child Labor

Human Rights Watch | Posted 02.05.2012 | World
Human Rights Watch

Hazardous Work, Mercury Poisoning, and Disease (Bamako)– At least 20,000 children work in Malian artisanal gold mines under extremely harsh and...

Peru Declares Emergency Over Protests

AP | FRANK BAJAK | Posted 02.03.2012 | World

LIMA, Peru — Opponents of Peru's biggest mining investment said Monday they felt betrayed by the president's decision to impose a state of emerg...

Peru Official Resigns Amid Mining Protests

AP | Posted 11.29.2011 | Green

LIMA, Peru -- A key official in Peru's Environment Ministry has resigned as protests persist against a $4.8 billion gold mining project by peasants wh...

Why Interest In Alaskan Gold Mining Has Surged

AP | By BECKY BOHRER | Posted 11.21.2011 | Business

JUNEAU, Alaska -- Interest in gold mining in Alaska has surged, buoyed by high gold prices and the lure of a landscape that remains relatively unexplo...

Managers Blamed For 2010 Nevada Gold Mine Deaths

AP | By SCOTT SONNER | Posted 01.07.2012 | Green

RENO, Nev. -- Federal safety investigators say two Nevadans were killed in a mining accident partly because someone wedged a broom handle against a re...

FOOL'S GOLD: Illegal Mining Threatens California's Most Famous National Park

| Posted 11.27.2011 | San Francisco

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Susanne Rust As state officials spar with illegal gold miners in El Dorado County, env...

Q&A With Lisa Kristine, Photographer of Slaves

Joshua Kors | Posted 10.26.2011 | World
Joshua Kors

2011-08-26-slaves.pngThe most pernicious lie still taught in elementary school is that slavery ended in 1865 with the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment. Today, 146 years later, slavery is rampant, both in the U.S. and abroad.

WATCH: Maddow Gives Shout-Out To Denver Mining Company

Posted 10.09.2011 | Denver

Rachel Maddow gave a huge shout out to--of all things--a Denver mining company on her show last night. Not for environmentally friendly practices, or...

Faith And Economy

Doug Demeo | Posted 09.17.2011 | Religion
Doug Demeo

Ultimately, Sunday faith and Monday faith serve the same God in relative peace and harmony, or, we endure the messy societal results of our own discord.

El Salvador Residents Fight To Ban Gold Mining

The Nation | Posted 09.13.2011 | Green

Thirty years ago, several thousand civilians in the northern Salvadoran community of Santa Marta quickly gathered a few belongings and fled the US-fun...

JPMorgan's Search For Untapped Afghan Gold

CNN Money | James Bandler | Posted 07.11.2011 | Business

To Hannam, chairman of J.P. Morgan Capital Markets, Afghanistan represents a gigantic, untapped opportunity -- one of the last great natural-resource ...