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14 Dead After Gold Mine Collapses in Colombia

20 octobre 2026 à 10:51
The mine is among a growing number of small-scale, unlicensed operations in Colombia that are fueled by the metal’s rising global price.

© Federico Rios for The New York Times

An illegal gold mine in Bajo Cauca area in Antioquia, Colombia, this year.

The Failures of Emmanuel Macron

19 octobre 2026 à 16:38
The student protests that snowballed into violent riots made it clear that almost 10 years of his presidency have not fixed France’s problems.

© Yves Herman/Reuters

Emmanuel Macron in Brussels last week.

To Find Criminals and Child Exploitation in Gold Mines, We Just Had to Look

19 octobre 2026 à 06:59
Layers of people certify that gold is free from rights abuses and criminality. Nobody makes them leave their desks.

© Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

Labor abuses and criminality are not hard to find in the world’s unlicensed gold mines. Assuming someone visits.

To Find Criminals and Child Exploitation in Gold Mines, We Just Had to Look

19 octobre 2026 à 05:01
Layers of people certify that gold is free from rights abuses and criminality. Nobody makes them leave their desks.

© Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

Labor abuses and criminality are not hard to find in the world’s unlicensed gold mines. Assuming someone visits.

How a Trillion-Dollar Industry Launders Illegal Gold

19 octobre 2026 à 09:33
The line between dirty and clean gold is an industry fiction. Wall Street and governments profit off gold from criminals, gangsters and those who exploit children.

© Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

This Copper Mine Led to a Civil War. Can Reopening It Fund a New Nation?

13 octobre 2026 à 21:28
Rising demand for copper has fueled interest in Bougainville’s Panguna mine, which has been shut for four decades. Yet some fear a rush to reopen risks a return to violence.

Workers clearing debris within a former processing plant as part of preparations to reopen the Panguna copper and gold mine.

Dozens Killed in Airstrikes Near Sudan-Egypt Border

13 octobre 2026 à 06:13
The attacks occurred at a remote gold mine hundreds of miles from the front lines of Sudan’s devastating civil war. Videos showed what appeared to be Egyptian munitions.
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