Gold export data suggests that Peru, one of the world’s largest producers, mines nearly as much informally as it does formally According to official mining output records, Peru mined about 90 tonnes of gold in 2023, far ahead of any other South American country. That puts it within the world’s top 15 producers, just below the...

From Our World in Data: "#Gold export #data suggests that #Peru, one of the world’s largest producers, mines nearly as much informally as it does formally"

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Informal mining in South Africa is here to stay. Police brutality won’t end it – here’s what will South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: massive regional economic repair.

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