Leaving the poor aside

Germany's persistence in not agreeing with the idea of selling IMF gold reserves provided a convenient excuse for the G-7 to ignore the debt …

Indian massacre

Gold diggers

Mining company plans to move three glaciers in Chile

All for gold

World Bank flouts its own rules on funding extractive projects

That gadget of yours may have illegally mined gold from the Amazon

The supply chains of the planet’s most valuable electronics and electric car companies are being supplied by two refineries under …

Indian scientists develop 'black gold'

New material can absorb light & CO2; potential in applications ranging from solar energy harvesting to desalinating seawater

Misleading claim by Harvest Gold

The CSE went through the company’s website, which also had a similar notice denigrating the study findings on bread released in May 2016

Where gold rush hurts

More than 13 million small-scale miners are destroying themselves and the environment  

Single nanoparticle twists pave the way for medicines on demand: Study

Understanding chirality — twists within nanoparticles — can help several industries, including pharma 

SOUTH AFRICA

Piscivores could have more mercury in their system: study

Conducted by IIT-Hyderabad, the research found that frequent fish eaters, those living in the vicinity of coal-fired power plants and gold …

Zimbabwe’s gold rush leaves small-scale miners vulnerable to mercury poisoning

The highly toxic substance used to extract gold from ore leads to a number of complications

Peru

Scrounging metal

A new technique helps recover metals from water. It could be toxic metals, or even gold

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Blood Diamond shames the diamond business in Sierra Leone

Green alchemy

Ayurvedic drugs will cost less with microorganisms yielding gold

Surprise discovery for Indian scientists: nanosheets can also act as chemical reagents

Team from IIT Gandhinagar discovers that boron-rich nanosheets are chemical reagents too, with potential applications in energy storage devices …

All gold and hellish litter

Beyond all that glittering in the congested streets of Calcutta's sex districts, is defiled environment and morbid health conditions

MINING PREFERENCES

Protests over toxic gold mining at Nile: Will there be truce in Sudan

A vicious network of gold smuggling has over taken the region following the Russia-aided military coup in 2021 

Over 18 million kids at e-waste dumpsites face threat of health hazards: WHO

Kids as young as five years, more than 12.9 million women work at e-waste dumpsites in low- and middle-income countries every year

Over half of global mines and their impacts are undocumented: Paper

Authors advocate for comprehensive inventory of mine sites and exploration zones to assess social & green impacts

Bytes

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 5, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal