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George Opare Addo calls for mindset shift, alternative livelihoods to tackle illegal mining
George Opare Addo, the Ministerial nominee for Youth Development and Empowerment, has stressed the importance of offering ...
The last time it was legal, exports of sea sand destroyed dozens of Indonesian islands. Now, the ban is being lifted
The demand for sand is soaring in places like Singapore. But extracting sand from the sea is destructive. It’s worth looking ...
Informal mining persists in South Africa despite police crackdowns
In mid-January 2024, over 1,000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in ...