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Gov’t remains committed to protecting Anglogold Ashanti Mines – Lands Minister

Joy Online 06 Jun 2023
The Minister stated this on Monday, 5th June 2023 when he paid a working visit to Obuasi following the invasion of an underground mining pit within AngloGold Ashanti’s concession by some illegal miners last week, leading to a clash between the security in the Municipality and some irate youth of the town.
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Ban mining in forest reserves to stem environmental degradation – FON

Ghana Business News 06 Jun 2023
Ampofo called for attitudinal change on the part of illegal miners to help save the environment and the future of the country and appealed state actors to profess sustainable plastic solutions, focused on reuse, recycling, reorientation, and diversification.
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Lula leads tributes on anniversary of Amazon double murder

Urdu Point 06 Jun 2023
In a case that caused a global outcry, Phillips and Pereira were killed on June 5, 2022, on a reporting trip to the edge of the Javari Valley, a far-flung Indigenous reservation in northwestern Brazil that experts say has been invaded by drug traffickers, illegal gold miners and poachers.
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Indus River bringing entire Pakistan’s effluents to Sindh, laments SEPA

The News International 06 Jun 2023
Waqar Bhatti from The News International ... Mughal said SEPA has collected Rs80 million from mineral water companies and deposited the money in the national treasury, adding that they are also collecting data of illegal industrial and commercial activities in or around residential areas throughout the province to prevent such incidents in future ... .
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Gov’t committed to protecting Anglogold Ashanti’s concessions, curbing illegal activities – Jinapor

Joy Online 05 Jun 2023
“If you do as these illegal miners have done, you face the full rigours of the law ... The Minister’s visit followed an unfortunate incident last week when some illegal miners invaded the concession of the Anglogold Ashanti, Obuasi Mine ... 87 illegal miners who invaded AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine rescued.
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Persons who invade or attack AngloGold Ashanti will be arrested and prosecuted – Abu Jinapor

Joy Online 05 Jun 2023
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has reiterated the government’s commitment to protecting Anglogold Ashanti Obuasi Mine from any illegal attack ... The illegal miners however, claimed they were trapped, leading to protests in the Obuasi town.
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gold mine collapse causes death of 12 workers in Venezuela

MENA FN 05 Jun 2023
(MENAFN) domestic representatives informed AFP on Saturday, that more than 12 illegal miners died in a closed gold mine in the Venezuelan city of El Callao. As heavy rain filled the mine with water ... .
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Amazon’s road to ruin: highway threatens heart of the rainforest

The Guardian 05 Jun 2023
Soon after follow the ribs, the spur roads on either side that are carved out – often illegally – by land-grabbers, loggers, miners and farmers ... ....
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Brazil police charge alleged mastermind behind murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

The Observer 05 Jun 2023
... to defend their lands from illegal fishing and mining gangs ... Phillips, 57, had travelled to the region to report on the Indigenous patrol teams the 41-year-old activist had helped create to protect the Javari Valley Indigenous territory from groups of illegal fishers and miners.
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Jump in child deaths reveals impact of industrialisation on Amazon’s Indigenous peoples

The Observer 05 Jun 2023
However, the failure of the state in recent years to recognise and oversee Indigenous territories has allowed invasions of loggers, illegal “wildcat” miners and drug gangs, as well as land speculation by agricultural and extractive businesses ... The scars left on the land near Tatuzão after illegal gold-panning in the Yanomami’s Indigenous territory.
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The Guardian view on Bruno and Dom’s legacy: defend nature’s defenders

The Observer 05 Jun 2023
Organised crime is one threat, with one former police chief warning that illegal miners and drug traffickers could form armies, and take over the region, as happened in Colombia.
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Widow urges care for Amazon on anniversary of double murder

Urdu Point 05 Jun 2023
In a case that drew a global outcry, Phillips and Pereira were killed on June 5, 2022, on a reporting trip to the edge of the Javari Valley, a far-flung Indigenous reservation in northwestern Brazil that experts call a haven for drug traffickers, illegal gold miners and poachers.
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UK, Brazil mark anniversary of Amazon deaths

Taipei Times 05 Jun 2023
In a case that drew world outcry, Phillips and Pereira disappeared on June 5 last year, at the edge of the Javari Valley, a far-flung indigenous reservation in northern Brazil near the Colombian and Peruvian borders that experts call a haven for drug traffickers, illegal gold miners and poachers.
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At least 12 dead in Venezuelan gold mine

Russia Today 04 Jun 2023
The illegal miners died of asphyxiation after flooding cut off their oxygen supply. At least 12 illegal miners were killed in a shuttered gold mine in the Venezuelan town of El Callao, local officials told AFP on Saturday.
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Twelve People Die in Flooded Gold Mine in Venezuela's East - Reports

Urdu Point 04 Jun 2023
MEXICO CITY (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 04th June, 2023) A total of 12 illegal miners died in an abandoned gold mine in El Callao municipality in eastern Venezuela after it ...

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