Peruvian mining sector worker Frank Monzón was aware of the risks, but the lure of gold deep in the Andean rock of northern ...

The murders in early May put the spotlight on increasing violence provoked by a gold rush in Peru’s northern Pataz district.

The main suspect in the kidnapping and murder of 13 gold miners in Peru has been arrested in Colombia, according to Peru’s ...

Thirteen miners have been found dead inside a mine in Peru after being kidnapped several days earlier. They were working at a ...

In Mexico, the conquistadors found life-size figures of men and women, great jars and pitchers, half pottery-half gold vases ...

Guards' deaths highlight the rising issue of illegal mining and violence in Peru's Amazonian province of Pataz.

Police in Colombia have arrested a man suspected of being involved in the killing of 13 kidnapped workers at a gold mine in ...

A new analysis of archived satellite imagery has revealed that the growing presence of small-scale mining in the Peruvian ...

Peruvian gold output is expected to be significantly dented in the coming month due to a mining ban in a northern region of ...

The mine has also been a hotbed of illegal gold mining. By Mitra Taj Reporting from Lima, Peru The bodies of 13 gold miners were found in an underground shaft at a site operated by Peru’s ...

Peru is the world's third-largest copper producer, but the deposits of the red metal are largely in the south. Gold and silver are mined in the north. Poderosa alleged that nearly 40 people - ...

Many different international actors contribute to the global trade in illegally mined gold, which is causing a surge in ...