Since the modern gold rushes of the 1970s and 1980s, gold has been one of Australia's major exports. Australia is the ...

Australian scientists have a new solution for gold: a process that recycles toxic cyanide and boosts gold recovery.

When Ghanaian President John Mahama returned to power in January, he made fighting galamsey a signature policy. He banned ...

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 ...

The rush for gold continues as economic uncertainty deepens and anxious investors seek a safe haven for their money.

The soaring price of gold is fueling a "mercury boom" in central Mexico. A surge in the demand for the toxic metal, which is key in illegal gold mining, is benefiting Mexican miners but also exposing ...