Gold Body Accused of Enabling Deaths at Tanzanian Gold Mine

Bloomberg7 October 2026, 12:40 UTCUnited Kingdom

The London Bullion Market Association’s certification program served as a “thick smokescreen” that enabled serious abuses at a Tanzanian gold mine where two men died, lawyers alleged at the start of a London trial that could threaten its existence.

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