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People gather at the bank of Guacara River Port while waiting for information on miners following the collapse of an illegal gold mine in La Paragua, Bolivar, Venezuela February 21, 2024. REUTERS TV via REUTERS
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At least 16 dead in Venezuela illegal mine collapse

The incident happened Tuesday at the "Bulla loca" mine in the state of Bolivar

Demonstrators hold a giant national flag as they participate in a march asking for peace, after violent protests in the country, following the ousting and arrest of former President Pedro Castillo, in Lima, Peru January 3, 2023. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda
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Gold mine fire in Peru kills 27

FILE PHOTO: An excavator driven by Rosalie Guirou Kulga, 30, clears out rocks into a dumper at the gold mine, operated by Endeavour Mining Corporation in Hounde, Burkina Faso February 11, 2020. Picture taken February 11, 2020. Reuters/Anne Mimault/File Photo
China

Eighteen trapped in Xinjiang gold mine collapse

FILE PHOTO: An excavator driven by Rosalie Guirou Kulga, 30, clears out rocks into a dumper at the gold mine, operated by Endeavour Mining Corporation in Hounde, Burkina Faso February 11, 2020. Picture taken February 11, 2020. Reuters/Anne Mimault/File Photo
Global Economy

Burkina Faso's vanishing gold boom puts livelihoods at risk

Photo: Collected
Middle East

Saudi Arabia announces new discovery of gold and copper ore in Madinah

An employee takes granules of 99.99 percent pure gold at the Krastsvetmet non-ferrous metals plant, one of the world's largest producers in the precious metals industry, in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia November 22, 2018. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin
Global Economy

Study finds surge in illegal gold mining in Brazil

Reuters
Europe

Militants kill six in attack on convoy from Burkina Faso gold mine

About 60 killed in blast at informal gold mine -Burkina Faso state TV
Africa

About 60 killed in blast at informal gold mine -Burkina Faso state TV

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, rescuers drill a new channel at the explosion site of a gold mine in Qixia City, east China's Shandong Province, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. Chinese state media say 12 out of 22 workers trapped for a week by an explosion in the gold mine are alive, as hundreds of rescuers seek to bring them to safety. (Wang Kai/Xinhua via AP)
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China rescues 11 miners after 14 days trapped underground

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, rescuers drill a new channel at the explosion site of a gold mine in Qixia City, east China's Shandong Province, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. Chinese state media say 12 out of 22 workers trapped for a week by an explosion in the gold mine are alive, as hundreds of rescuers seek to bring them to safety. (Wang Kai/Xinhua via AP)
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12 workers trapped week ago in China mine blast are alive

Freeport workers gather around a security gate at the Grasberg mine area at Tembagapura, in Indonesia's Papua province, August 14, 2013. Photo:Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Freeport does a balancing act as world's biggest gold mine grapples with Covid-19

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At least 50 killed in collapsed gold mine in east Congo -NGO

Amazon gold rush: illegal mining threatens Brazil's last major isolated tribe
Environment

Amazon gold rush: illegal mining threatens Brazil's last major isolated tribe