29 Aug 2017 Members of Operation Vanguard have torched mining equipment worth millions of cedis belonging to some small scale illegal miners at Kwame Niampa at the Prestea Hunni Valley District in the Western Region According to reports by Energy FM 39 s Ansah Benjamin members of the taskforce tasked by nbsp …

28 Jun 2017 About 220 illegal small scale miners in the region who were operating in the area were also arrested …

Increase in crime and illegal trade explosives diesel copper cables and other equipment from mines Destroys the social fabric of mining communities – fear coercion human rights abuses prostitution and substance abuse Number of mining accidents incidents and near misses in recent years related to illegal mining …

In industrial scale mining operations heavy equipment is brought in to clear the area completely and move the soil Dump trucks are filled with dirt from the riverbanks which is then dropped into a large sluice Hoses are used to filter the soil and separate the tiny gold flecks from the rocks and clay The sluice acts like a sieve nbsp …

22 Hul 2017 Sacks of suspected gold ore illegally chopped logs and mining equipment were confiscated from 18 men who illegally mined inside the Philippine Military Academy Thursday BAGUIO CITY Eighteen men were arrested for illegal mining inside the Philippine Military Academy PMA in Fort del Pilar nbsp …

by WWF Brazil Brasília DF – The ratification of an agreement between Brazil and France at the end of 2013 means that the two countries will act together in the fight against illegal gold mining in a 150 kilometer strip along the two sides of the border between French Guiana and the State of Amapá in Brazil see map …

25 Jul 2017 dunkwa on offin anti galamsey team destroys illegal Sometimes we find these illegal miners work at night and day near the river and we arrest them confiscate their equipment burn them and hand over the 39 galamseyers 39 to the Dunkwa on Offin police for prosecution he added The team has revealed nbsp …

29 Jun 2017 Sibanye says it is losing about up to 4 of its annual gold output of 1 5 million ounces to illegal gold mining despite increasingly stringent security measures to stop illegal miners entering its mines and to stem the flow of food and equipment to them Lutchman said Sibanye was experiencing a similar nbsp …

7 Oct 2017 Thanks to illegal mining some regions in Peru have been transformed into deserted landscapes with severe labor problems The moonscape like deforestation caused by the mining has grabbed national and foreign media attention but the forced labor violence mercury exposure disease and death in nbsp …

30 Apr 2017 Ghana 39 s push to crack down on illegal gold mining is winning praise from the public but inflaming tensions with China its biggest trading partner because the previous government had failed to police the mining sector effectively and curb the expansion of small scale mining using heavy equipment …

Some of the equipment seized by the Kelantan State Forestry Department after arresting eight for illegal mining in Sokor Tanah Merah Pic courtesy of Kelantan State Forestry Department By Sharifah Mahsinah Abdullah September 20 2017 5 34pm KOTA BARU The Kelantan State Forestry Department detained eight nbsp …

Illegal mining severely impacted on the health and safety of mine personnel Illegal miners stole explosives and equipment damaged mine infrastructure threatened and physically attacked mine workers and security personnel and compromised mine safety by uncontrolled blasting and damage to support pillars Illegal nbsp …

1 Nov 2017 The border guard force has discovered and seized a lot of illegal sand mining boats recently However he said that in the process of implementation there were many difficulties due to the large area and lack of equipment while the illegal sand miners were becoming more and more mischievous …

16 May 2017 On Sunday May 14 2017 the rampaging youth who claimed the company was engaged in illegal mining in the area reportedly torched the equipment valued at about 1 5 million according to officials of the company Government 39 s renewed war against illegal mining as efforts to save the country 39 s water nbsp …

24 Jul 2017 Home Breaking News Two kingpins in illegal mining arrested Members of the Provincial Organised Crime Unit confiscated mining equipment such as excavators TLBs and trucks as well as unprocessed chrome during an intelligence driven operation conducted in Burgersfort recently Breaking News nbsp …

12 Feb 2017 Mere metres from the legal mine the illegal mine workers conduct their activities without any fear of apprehension Since City Press 39 sister newspaper Rapport reported on the issue the illegal mine workers abruptly removed all the equipment from the mine last Monday The next day the police attempted to nbsp …

Illegal mining is a complex and difficult issue to manage and one of the principal challenges of mining at Porgera Illegal miners are people who evade PJV 39 s perimeter security and enter the mine property or the Special Mining while working in active mining areas where explosives and heavy equipment are used and …

30 Jul 2017 JOHANNESBURG Mpumalanga police have arrested 197 people during a weekend operation to combat illegal mining They were arrested during a sweep of three informal settlements near Secunda Authorities also confiscated equipment used in illegal mining activity Police spokesperson Leonard nbsp …

29 Aug 2017 The two suspects appeared in the Mecklenburg Magistrate 39 s Court on charges of illegal mining on Monday 28 August Police supplied information that the two suspects Justice You may also want to read Illegal miners nabbed heavy equipment confiscated This follows recent events where two alleged nbsp …

30 Jul 2017 An explosion at an illegal gold mine in Colombia has killed six security contractors who were working for Continental Gold TSX CNL The contractors were performing routine inspections of a closed underground mine away from the company 39 s Buriticá project when an explosion occurred Continental nbsp …

11 Apr 2017 The Springs police seized illegal mining equipment and arrested 11 men during an operation targeting illegal mining on Thursday …

25 Aug 2017 Speaking at a press conference in Accra on Thursday the Communications Officer of the company Mr Gyamfi discounted claims that its equipment was impounded at a mining site The allegations that Exton Cubic made an attempt to go and mine and that is what has caused the brouhaha are nbsp …

21 Jul 2017 BAGUIO CITY Police on Thursday arrested 17 suspects two of them 17 year old boys accused of conducting illegal mining operations inside the police said the mining activities had been busted by the police and PMA personnel after the discovery of several mining equipment near Tower 66 at the nbsp …

Around seventy officers of the Philippine National Police in Ifugao attended the seminar on Environmental Laws Against Illegal Mining conducted by the Mines and Regional Director and the Provincial Mining Regulatory Board seize and confiscate equipment tools and conveyances used in illegal mining including illegal nbsp …

1 Apr 2017 The Peruvian army occasionally comes into the area to blow up unguarded mining equipment but Ojeda said she never knows when that is going to happen much less what to do with the destroyed equipment left to rot in the jungle Policemen look at the destruction of camps and pumps used for illegal nbsp …

19 Sep 2017 As Cryptocoinsnews previously reported McAfee revealed that Jihan Wu the co founder of Bitmain the world 39 s largest bitcoin mining equipment manufacturer that is reportedly valued at billions of dollars told McAfee in a meeting with But if the Chinese government says mining is illegal we are fucked …

D K Ravi an Indian Administrative Service officer of the Karnataka state who was well known for his tough crackdown on the rampant illegal sand mining in the Kolar district was found dead at his residence in Bengaluru on March 16 2015 It is widely alleged that the death is not due to suicide but the handiwork of the nbsp …

25 Oct 2017 The Navy 39 s destruction of illegal mining equipment in its operations has impacted the local economy in the town of Puerto Leguizamo according to residents Locals who live on the banks of the Putumayo River which forms the border with Peru say their livelihoods revolved around the mining of gold from nbsp …

22 Sep 2017 In recent years the mining industry has faced significant challenges Public opinion of the sector continues to worsen amidst news of Amazon damage caused by increased illegal gold mining As a result regions including Piura Cajamarca Arequipa Cuzco Moquegua and Puno have experienced social nbsp …

13 Oct 2017 Kathmandu Oct 13 Police deployed from the capital seized illegal bitcoin mining equipment in Tamakoshi 5 of Dolakha district Raiding the …

This study determined the area of the Offin shelterbelt forest reserve Ghana degraded through illegal mining galamsey and the impacts on the livelihoods of poor exploitation of available resources due to selective extraction of rich ores absence of environmental standards and utilization of highly inefficient equipment …

9 Jun 2017 Police say they have arrested four illegal miners and confiscated mining plant equipment in the Sekhukhune mining district …

29 Jul 2017 A few weeks ago we brought you a story of 8 miners one a claim owner allowing his buddies to mine with him and of a DFW CA Fish and Wildlife officer confiscating their foot valve on their highbanker alleging they were violating the 5653 g section of the DFW regulations The miner was told he was nbsp …

6 Aug 2017 NUM Current retrenchments in mining industry will fuel illegal mining NUM says it 39 s concerned about the job cuts saying it 39 s done deliberately as a political play against workers Mining equipment confiscated by the police from illegal miners arrested near Secunda Picture SAPoliceService …

18 Feb 2016 In July 2015 hundreds of Peruvian national police officers launched operations targeted at workers in La Pampa a notorious illegal mining community located west of Puerto Maldonado along the recently completed Interoceanic Highway Authorities blew up mining equipment which workers often buy on nbsp …

Managing illegal mining is a major challenge at mines It is not just about the theft of valuable ore illegal mining presents a safety hazard especially around large opencast pits Without the right equipment and safeguards any mistake could be fatal halting production but also potentially putting employed mine workers at nbsp …

Since illegal mining operations are carried out without state permission they do not comply with labor or environmental regulations or pay taxes decree in February 2012 that banned mining in protected areas established prison sentences for illegal mining and authorized the destruction of unlicensed mining equipment nbsp …

Peru small illegal gold mines have exploited surrounding communities The techniques used by the miners are not regulated and are performed with equipment that can be harmful to the environment Also a lack of government regulation has caused degradation of the environment and other social issues that I …