PARIS (AP) — Interpol said Tuesday a major operation targeting illegal gold mining in West Africa has resulted ... like mercury and cyanide, commonly used in small-scale mining, pose severe ...

Formerly called the “Gold Coast”, the West African nation is bending under pressure from widespread, incessant small-scale mining of the ... such as mercury and cyanide to separate the gold ...

ACCRA, Jan 19 (Reuters) - A Ghanaian small ... Scale Miners, told Reuters that nine people had been killed and fourteen severely injured in the incident at the Obuasi gold mining site in the West ...

A Ghanaian small ... of Small Scale Miners, told Reuters that nine people had been killed and fourteen severely injured in the incident at the Obuasi gold mining site in the West African country ...

PARIS (AP) — Interpol said Tuesday a major operation targeting illegal gold mining in West Africa has resulted in 200 arrests ... Substances like mercury and cyanide, commonly used in small-scale ...