Page 61 - Illegal Mining News Today

A multi-disciplinary operation was conducted at Kortnek Shaft in Pongola on Tuesday, 26 October 2022. The team was following information about a group of people who are conducting illegal gold mining in the area. During the operation, the team seized equipment used for crushing material, explosives, cutting torches, gas cylinders, various other mining tools as

Six men appeared in court for what was meant to be a bail application on Wednesday. They are facing several charges including fraud, money laundering and contravention of the Precious Metals Act.

A Q&A with Luiz Eloy Terena, a Brazilian Indigenous lawyer and a land-rights activist who took part in a panel on the effects of illegal gold mining in the Amazon on public health, the environment, and Indigenous rights.

The six accused are facing charges ranging from fraud and money laundering as well as the contravention of The Precious Metals Act were in court on Wednesday.

Environmental crime is the third most lucrative criminal business in the world. Yet too often it is still treated like petty crime. Activists hope new EU legislation may soon change that.

Environmental crime is the third most lucrative criminal business in the world. Yet too often it is still treated like petty crime. Activists hope new EU legislation may soon change that.

Khargone: Eight tractor-trolleys seized in raid against illegal sand mining

Listening to this interview, you have to wonder who some of our R95k a month taxpayer-funded Parliamentarians are actually serving.

Police Minister Bheki Cele made the comments during his visit to Stilfontein in the North West on Wednesday following the arrest of 20 illegal miners at an abandoned mineshaft.

In this interview with Alec Hogg of BizNews, James Lorimer unpacks how illegal mining has become big business in SA's coal mining centre.