The Indus River in Pakistan is being extensively disturbed by unregulated mining of the river’s bed (‘placer mining’) for gold. Numerous operations employing an estimated 1,200 heavy machines dig ...
A study has found that extracting groundwater from the environmentally sensitive Gold Coast hinterland poses a risk to its World Heritage status. It calls for urgent regulation to cap the volume of ...
The United States Bureau of Land Management approved a new gold mine project near Wickenburg. The project raised environmental concerns regarding water usage, potential groundwater contamination and ...