The solids-handling capacity of the slurry pumps is the top priority for the engineers. Operators dislike pumps with narrow passages because they often clog, disrupting operations. EDDY Pump’s ...

Today the lone surviving dredge stands as the centerpiece of one of Oregon's newest state parks. (Photo/Mark Highberger). Not long ago in the old Sumpter Valley, a mechanical beast the size of an ...

(AP) – An Indian tribe, conservation groups and salmon fishermen filed a lawsuit challenging the return of suction dredges to mine for gold in California rivers. The lawsuit was filed late Monday in ...

Liberia has introduced a permit for gold and diamond dredging, lifting a ban on the mining method associated with pollution. Meanwhile, that is exactly the opposite of what has been done in Ghana, ...

LYON, France, November 5, 2025 (ENS) – In a blow to criminal organizations along South America’s Madeira River, law enforcement personnel have disabled 277 dredges used in illegal gold extraction ...

Historically, dredging was an inexact science—essentially "digging blind" based on old charts. Today, however, the industry is undergoing a digital overhaul. Dredging has gone from digging mud to ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has cited five individuals in Siskiyou County for illegal suction dredge mining in state waterways. Suction dredgers operate by creating a vacuum ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Brazilian police backed by Interpol have destroyed hundreds of dredges used in illegal gold mining along the Madeira River, in one of the biggest coordinated crackdowns yet on ...

HAPPY CAMP - People who want a modern-day piece of the California Gold Rush will have to do their prospecting the old-fashioned way. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill by state Sen. Pat Wiggins, ...