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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.

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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