The wildcat gold mining boom that swept across the Amazon beginning in the 1970s left behind an environmental catastrophe of ...

Gold miner Shannon Poe’s suction dredge mining operation on the South Fork of the Clearwater in Idaho was found to be in violation of the Clean Water Act after the Idaho Conservation League brought a ...

The controversial dredging project in Ilocos Sur is supported by former governor Luis 'Chavit' Singson and his brother, Governor Jerry Singson. Here's what's at stake.

LYON, France, November 5, 2025 (ENS) – In a blow to criminal organizations along South America’s Madeira River, law enforcement personnel have disabled 277 dredges used in illegal gold extraction ...

By Enrique Vera On a small airplane, José Manuyama, a professor, frowns and shakes his head with anguish while thousands of feet below, five dredges operated by illegal miners excavate the Nanay River ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has cited five individuals in Siskiyou County for illegal suction dredge mining in state waterways. Suction dredgers operate by creating a vacuum ...

IDAHO, USA — One resource is crucial for Idaho's irrigation and recreation: water. The liquid lifelines of Idaho had been the subject of a years-long legal battle over a dredge mining operation in ...

This story originally published July 8 at Idaho Capital Sun. A 10-year battle to hold a California gold miner responsible for violating the Clean Water Act in Idaho by repeatedly dumping suction ...

An informal conference has been scheduled for Friday, Jan. 16, regarding a proposed sand mining and dredging operation south ...

Mohd Fadhil said the surge in Sungai Johor's turbidity to 37,400 (Nephelometric Turbidity Unit), almost 94 times higher than normal levels last October, would not only affect the water supply and ...

A 10-year battle to hold a California gold miner responsible for violating the Clean Water Act in Idaho by repeatedly dumping suction mining waste into the South Fork of the Clearwater without a ...