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Johannesburg - Illegal mining activities are a serious concern, the mineral resources department said on Sunday. "The issue of illegal mining remains a serious concern to the department, and we continue to work with law enforcement agencies to handle the matter," the department said in a statement. At least 200 illegal miners were trapped at an ...
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Aug 5, 2022Government will stop illegal mining, says Ramaphosa President calls on communities to give police space to do their work President Cyril Ramaphosa has spoken out about illegal mining and corruption in SA. Image: Alaister Russell President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed concern about rising levels of crime, especially violent crime.
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The Minerals Council says it is more active than ever in participating in the government's revitalised focus on illegal mining and crimes against formal mining companies.
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Speech by ACDP Deputy President, Wayne Thring MP ACDP says illegal mining in SA is incentivised by our porous border posts "Honourable House Chairperson, The ACDP notes that according to the Institute of Security Studies, "it is estimated that approximately 30 000 illegal miners produce R14 billion (almost US$8 million) worth of gold per annum.
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IPPR says by January 2019, illegal sand mining continued in northern Namibia as in April 2019, barely a month after the ministry closed two illegal sand-mining pits at Iiheke ya Nakele and Onamime ...
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Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Raghav Chadha on Monday accused Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi of "lying and misleading" people of the state about the "illegal" sand mining in his ...
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"The growth of the illegal mining phenomenon in the region in recent years is clear," Schulmeister says, "and that growth has occurred in parallel with other organized crime activities such as drug...
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According to America's Quarterly, illegal mining activity means that there is usually an absence of land rights, mining licenses, exploration or mineral transportation permits. Without these permits, there are no independent bodies to regulate mining procedures and all the high-risk activities that come with it.
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He says since the police started clamping down on illegal mining in Gauteng, the heavily armed zama zamas have descended on his farm. Thobakgale, who is a livestock farmer in Polokwane, says his life is in danger due to the mushrooming of illegal mining on his farm. He says police are not assisting him. Thobakgale says the illegal miners are ...
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Former deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam and his associates had carried out illegal mining of gravel sand, he had alleged. They had also converted the government land as their own property by...
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Illegal miners, or zama zamas as they are commonly known, are notorious for their acts of criminality, including embedded violent killings, rape and house robberies, among others. Significant...
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For decades, the ecologically sensitive Aravalli Range in the Gurugram, Nuh, and Faridabad areas were quarried for stone and sand used for construction work before the Supreme Court of India put a blanket ban on mining activities in the area in 2009."The Aravalli hill range has to be protected at any cost," the Supreme Court stated in its observation.In 2018, a Supreme Court fact-finding ...
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By Anthony Boadle and Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) - An illegal gold mining boom on Brazil's largest indigenous reservation has brought disease, violence and grave human rights violations...
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There is a complete ban on river sand mining during the rainy season from July 1 to September 30, but it has been alleged that the illegal activity is continuing unabated in different parts of Punjab.
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Aug 11, 2022JOHANNESBURG - Illegal mining has major negative implications on the country. Mineral Resources and Energy DDG Tseliso Maqubela says it heightens a negative perception about the country's ability...
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More than 96,000 cases of illegal mining for major and minor minerals were reported in various states, including Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, in 2016-17.
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Illegal construction aggregate mining business thrives in Mahottari Locals have been pressuring the concerned authorities to stop illegal extraction of riverbed materials in the river but no action has been taken yet, say locals. Locals say illegal mining of construction aggregate has gained momentum in recent months. Sunita Baral/TKP
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BOLA BAMIGBOLA. Owa Obokun of Ijesaland, Oba Adekunle Aromolaran, on Saturday, called on the Osun State Government to prevent the influx of non-natives engaging in illegal mining activities in the ...
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Official information reveals that, in just 10 years, over 11,000 hectares of the Peruvian Amazon have been destroyed by illegal mining. Artisanal operations in the area have been reported since ...
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It is estimated that the South African economy and the mining sector lost approximately R49 billion in 2019 to illegal mining,' he said. Illegal mining has come under sharp focus over recent weeks ...
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Mar 26, 2022Chandigarh: Punjab Mines and Geology Minister Harjot Singh Bains on Saturday said that the state government is working on policies to discourage illegal mining in the state. "We're working on mining policies to crack down on illegal mining in Punjab," Bains told news agency ANI.
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Aug 5, 2022WESTERN BUREAU: ILLEGAL SAND mining is creating challenges for the Greater Bernard Lodge Housing Project, now under way in St Catherine. Prime Minister Andrew Holness, who has ministerial responsibility for the environment in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, said that while the development of the area is progressing nicely, illegal mining poses a problem even more so now that ...
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Mining scams in India (colloquially Indian mining scam) refers to a series of alleged widespread scams in various ore-rich states of India, which has generated controversy. Such issues span encroachment of forest areas, underpayment of government royalties, conflict with tribals regarding land-rights [citation needed].
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KABUL: The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum says it would ban "illegal exploitation of mineral resources" to serve national interests. Acting Minister, Narges Nehan, said Wednesday at a press conference that the ministry began survey across the country to find illegal exploitation of mineral resources and ultimately ban illegal mining.
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Jan 28, 2022Poorly monitored and often illegal small-scale gold mines have released "devastating" levels of toxic mercury in one of the most protected and biodiverse areas of the Amazon rainforest, threatening...
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Bharatpur MP Ranjeeta Kohli said Sant Das had been sitting on dharna for over 500 days but there was no hearing on the issue of illegal mining. "In Congress rule, the administration became silent. The chief minister is supporting the mining mafia to save his seat," she said.
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Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has warned that if not abated, illegal mining "will reach crisis proportions" and poses a "threat to national security, government authority and socio-economic development" in the country. Mantashe made these remarks during a National Plenary discussion on illegal mining in Parliament on Thursday afternoon. "This criminal activity ...
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GHANA'S blitz on illegal mining is yielding environmental dividends, with fish returning to rivers heavily polluted by the practice, the president of the gold producing West African nation said on Tuesday. Since assuming office in January 2017, Nana-Akufo Addo has made the clean-up of small-scale or artisanal mining a top policy priority. A ban has been [.]
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AA Jaipur: Mines minister Pramod Jain Bhaiya said efforts have been made by the state government at all levels to stop illegal sand mining in the state. He said that during the tenure of the present government, more than 32,000 cases have been registered against all types of illegal mining and a penalty of Rs 236 crore has been recovered.
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BHOPAL: Experts working in the field of environment claim that rampant illegal mining, which continued for years, is responsible for Gwalior-Chambal region's devastating flood, which claimed...
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January 23, 2021 Spread the love Yediyurappa says illegal mining will be completely stopped Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa on Saturday said illegal quarrying or mining will not be permitted in the state and necessary action will be taken against such activities.
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7 days agoHaryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, however, says that illegal mining has been banned during the tenure of his government, which is evident from the revenues generated from mining. "Our ...
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