Archive List for MINING

Deadly collapse at illegal Venezuela gold mine | #AJshorts

Video shows the moment part of an illegal gold mine collapsed in central Venezuela, where dozens of people are feared dead. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News

Ghana: Hundreds reportedly stuck in Ashanti gold mine

Hundreds of people are reported to be trapped in a gold mine in Ghana. Many of them came out but were arrested for working underground “illegally”. Families of those held by police have called their arrest “cruel”. The country’s southern Ashanti region is known for its mining industry. Al Jazeera’s Katia Lopez Hoda-Yan has more. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe  – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish  – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera  – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/   @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #Ghana #Miners #Humanrights #Ashanti

One-quarter of central African rainforest could be gone by 2050

Rainforests in central Africa are rapidly disappearing due to logging and mining. It is one of the issues on the agenda at the One Forest Summit, under way in Gabon. The timber from these rainforests, now used to make furniture for people in wealthier countries, was once part of what has been called the planet’s “other lung” and a precious natural barrier to climate change. Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reports from Pande in Cameroon’s Congo River Basin, where he met the Indigenous Pygmy people who call the forest home. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our […]

Sudan Nile pollution: Gold mining waste affects farming communities

Gold is one of Sudan’s key sources of revenue. But along the banks of the River Nile, residents are saying the toxic waste from mining operations is ruining their harvests and killing their livestock. Al Jazeera’s Hiba Morgan reports from Abu Hamad in Sudan. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe  – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish  – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera  – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #Gold #Mining #Sudan #Nile