Only 21% of land used for gold mining in Colombia has permits: UN
Only 21% of the land used for gold mining in Colombia operated legally in 2022, the United...
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How Colombia’s gold finances illegal armed groups
Gold has become the most important revenue stream of Colombia’s illegal armed groups,...
Northern Colombia mining region shocked by 2nd massacre this month
A gold mining region in the north of Colombia saw its second massacre this month, local media...
“Communities don’t matter”: Colombia’s former mining association head
The former head of Colombia’s mining association ACM and CEO of gold mining firm Minesa has...
Colombia gold traders laundered more than $3 billion since 2015: prosecution
Colombia’s chief prosecutor reportedly wrote the country’s finance minister that legal...
Colombia’s #2 gold trader laundered $640M: prosecution
Colombia’second largest gold trading company laundered more than $640 million in profits of...
Colombia bans mercury in gold mining
Colombia’s government announced Monday that it has prohibited the use of mercury in gold...
Police in northern Colombia find incinerated bodies of 5 alleged miners
Authorities in the northwest Colombian province of Antioquia said Thursday that they have found...
UAE to invest $1B in controversial Colombia gold mine: minister
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has vowed to invest $1 billion in a controversial gold mining...
Colombia’s ‘gold queen’ exported $100M in illegal gold per year: police
A woman from Cali has been dubbed Colombia’s “gold queen” after police accused...
Colombia urges international regulation to curb ‘blood gold’: report
Colombia’s mining minister has called for international regulation for gold similar to that...
80% of Colombia’s gold production either informal or illegal: mining association
Illegal armed groups and informal miners extract approximately 80% of the gold on the market...
