Gold Miners

An employee takes granules of 99.99 percent pure gold at the Krastsvetmet non-ferrous metals plant, one of the world's largest producers in the precious metals industry, in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia November 22, 2018. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin
Global Economy

Study finds surge in illegal gold mining in Brazil

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, rescuers drill a new channel at the explosion site of a gold mine in Qixia City, east China's Shandong Province, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. Chinese state media say 12 out of 22 workers trapped for a week by an explosion in the gold mine are alive, as hundreds of rescuers seek to bring them to safety. (Wang Kai/Xinhua via AP)
World+Biz

China rescues 11 miners after 14 days trapped underground

Security members keep an eye on Hushan Gold Mine, where workers are trapped underground after the January 10 explosion, in Qixia, Shandong povince, China, January 21, 2021; Reuters/Aly Song
South Asia

Trapped China gold miners have to wait 15 days for rescue