Child labour is, regrettably ... Moreover, the informal nature of much artisanal mining activity means that it often operates ...

Artisanal mining is a common activity across much of West Africa and has become more lucrative in recent years due to growing demand for metals and rising prices. Deadly accidents are frequent as ...

Given the near impossibility of tracing diamonds to their source in countries like Congo, where artisanal mining predominates ... to assure customers that child-labor issues, environmental ...

Thirteen artisanal miners, including women and three children, were killed in southwest Mali on Wednesday after a tunnel in which they were digging for gold flooded, the national union of gold ...