A long-simmering conflict over individual versus public rights has converged on the banks of the rivers of southwest Oregon, stirring resentment between gold miners and environmentalists. In question ...

EUREKA — After years of fighting, the Karuk Tribe feels it got a major win Thursday that will help protect vulnerable fish populations. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill Thursday authored by ...

Federal law allows Oregon’s ban on suction dredge gold mining in rivers where salmon spawn, according to a Ninth Circuit ruling on Wednesday against a group of miners who challenged the restrictions. ...

Even though the Gold Rush is long gone, the fight over the valuable mineral rages on in California. For over a decade, gold miners have been battling with the state government and conservationists in ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— A coalition including environmental organizations, fishermen and the Karuk tribe submitted a formal petition to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife today asking the ...

A recent two-week trial at a mine on South Africa’s West Coast has reaffirmed the value of specialist pumps supplier Integrated Pump Rental’s (IPR’s) SlurrySucker dredging unit – even in saltwater and ...

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.— A coalition fighting highly destructive suction dredge mining is considering further legal options after a state judge ruled that a California law banning the practice is ...

The pictures we conjure of gold mining are usually cartoonish – old prospectors in floppy hats, panning creeks or working away with a pickaxe. Rarely do we imagine anything like the Sumpter Valley ...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Anambra State Command, has raided an illegal sand mining site at Omambala River, Ifite-Ogwari, in Ayamelum Local Government Area of the state. The ...

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 ...