A gruesome situation in a South African gold mine underscores the problem of illegal mining and the risk people will take for ...

In Zimbabwe it was believed that if a woman went underground the gold seam would vanish, but above ground women held ...

Africa's development bank is proposing a new 'gold standard' style currency arrangement backed by critical minerals such as ...

The incident occurred at an open-pit gold mine near the village ... toll was still unavailable. Artisanal mining is a common activity across much of West Africa and has become more lucrative ...

By: Mukwandi Chibesakunda If there is one industry that can catalyse a fulsome transformation of African nations’ economies, it is mining. This has been said before, and applied too, in the context of ...

Leading corporate and commercial law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH) together with the Junior Mining Council (JMC) was deeply honoured to host Thungela at a bespoke brunch event at the Hyatt Regency ...

Across the West African Economic and Monetary Union, governments are tightening mining regulations to boost revenue for development. But as Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and Burkina Faso push reforms, investor ...

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has told delegates at the 31st edition of the Invest in African Mining ...

Two former company executives with inside knowledge of Barrick Gold ... Africa and the Midd The negotiations will focus on Mali's demand for $199m (CFA Fr125.15bn), compliance with the new mining ...

On Jan. 28, the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 captured Goma, capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich North Kivu province. The fall of Goma marks a shocking chapter in a ...