About 6,100 closed mines are distributed across the country. Although closed, they are not sealed. Residual gold remains in ...

A critical area in which the mining industry can drive meaningful change is by establishing itself as a strategic partner to ...

South Africa’s mining industry reported 42 deaths last year, the lowest number to date and a 24% improvement on the previous ...

Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...

In mid-January 2024 over 1 000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in ...

Libya holds the largest foreign exchange and gold reserves in Africa, according to Global Firepower, followed by Algeria and ...

Illegal miners trapped nearly a mile below ground reportedly avoided dying of hunger by resorting to cannibalism.

Regularised artisanal mining could also boost the security industry through protection services guarding these mines. It ...

Earlier this month, soldiers swooped by helicopter into a vast mining complex in western Mali and made away with three tonnes ...

African Mining Week (AMW) 2025, taking place in Cape Town from October 1-3, will center on the theme, From Extraction to Beneficiation: Unlocking Africa’s Mineral Wealth. The event will highlight ...

The 2023 national survey identified 970 mineral occurrences across Kenya, including critical minerals such as rare earth ...