BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali said on Wednesday it was suspending licenses for foreign artisanal gold mining companies after a ...

Mali is suspending the granting of new artisanal mining permits to foreigners, after a couple of accidents in recent weeks ...

Mali, Africa's second-largest gold producer, has suspended the issuance of new mining permits to foreign companies. ・Mali ...

The accident took place in an open-pit area people had gone into in search of gold. Informal mining is a common and dangerous practice in much of West Africa. By Reuters BAMAKO, Mali — At least ...

As Mali's mining sector faces growing tensions -- highlighted ... Chemicals contaminate water, soil, plants, animals and people. Air pollution is common due to overcrowding around mining sites. The ...

Exclusive-Barrick Gold Signs Agreement With Mali to End Mining Dispute By Divya Rajagopal ... an almost two-year-old dispute over its mining assets in the West African country, four people familiar ...

Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an ...

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It is the second major accident this year in the French-speaking West African country ... It says more than 2 million people, or more than 10% of Mali’s population, depend on the mining sector ...

SEGOU, Mali - Listeners swayed as the celebrated ... coloured this year by political shifts roiling West Africa. Tens of thousands of people from Mali and elsewhere in the region flock each ...

BAMAKO, Mali — A gold mine collapsed in eastern Mali, killing dozens of people and injuring many ... this year in the French-speaking West African country, which is one of Africa’s top three ...

Canadian miner Barrick Gold has signed a new agreement with the Malian government to end an almost two-year-old dispute over ...