Sentences with phrase «illegal gold miners»

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Osun Command, on Tuesday arrested seven illegal gold miners in Itagunmodi community, Atakumosa West local Government area of the State.

The challenge has been that alternatives have generally have been as bad or worse, relying on high - temperature acids or in the case of illegal gold miners, using mercury.

Not exact matches

In recent decades, however, illegal loggers, irresponsible farmers, and gold miners have begun to raze large swaths of once - pristine rainforest in pursuit of short - term profit.

We don't know whether this is a manifestation of our actions to deport illegal Chinese gold miners,»

The company explained that the illegal miners sometimes prospect for gold around both high voltage and low voltage poles rendering the poles vulnerable to collapse from the slightest rainstorm.

The hiss of oxygen cuts through the diesel rumble, the walls of the office vibrate with explosions two levels below; war - torn and half - forgotten, these miners» physical struggle finds its mirror a continent away — in the tropical heat of an illegal Surinamese gold mine.

When we emerge, we're thousands of miles away, amongst an illegal band of gold miners in the Suriname jungle.

Brazil's indigenous Paiter Surui people are desperate for help: armed illegal loggers, gold and diamond miners are invading their ancestral land, felling trees, poisoning rivers and threatening the forest dwellers at gunpoint.

A small community, far from Venezula's Orinoco Mining Arc, discovers gold, leading to an incursion by illegal miners, environmental devastation and an allegedly deadly army raid.