Gold has been a major force in American history, encouraging expansion to the west. Some of the nation’s most famous Gold Rushes were responsible for the creation of boomtowns and inspired individuals ...

The surge in gold prices is driving a rapid expansion in informal and unregulated gold mining that is often illegal and ecologically destructive, according to the World Gold Council.

Researchers have developed a new type of material that's 10 times more efficient at extracting gold from e-waste than previous adsorbents. Developed by chemists and materials scientists at the ...

London - The U.K.'s Royal Mint, the country's official coinmaker, has opened a factory that will extract gold from e-waste to reduce its reliance on traditional mining and encourage more sustainable ...

After the discovery of a 17-pound nugget in Little Meadow Creek, North Carolina, the state became a major hotbed of gold mining as a part of the first American gold rush in 1799. Early discoveries ...

Two violent massacres just this month demonstrate the growing risks of illegal mining in Latin America. The region’s criminal groups have increasingly turned to illicit gold as a source of revenue ...

Australia’s Westgold Resources has restarted high-grade gold mining at the Great Fingall mine, near Cue in Western Australia (WA), delivering the first production from this historic gold reef in more ...

Ghana can convert mineral wealth into broad-based prosperity by shifting from raw extraction to value addition, local supplier upgrading, and skills pipeline an execution agenda MDPI can help design, ...

The arrests were marked by a communications blackout, increased security presence and strict limitations on movement ...

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining has likely risen to about 30% of global supply, the World Gold Council estimates.