Beyond the short-term volatility and uncertainty created by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff machinations, it's likely ...

Miners in South Africa are calling for sweeping changes to modernize regulations, streamline licensing and upgrade critical ...

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 ...

The company said two employees died at Doornkop Mine, where all blasting operations have been temporarily suspended, and ...

A 2022 satellite photo shows a shimmering trail of dried, chemically-enriched mud left behind by a torrent of wastewater that ...

Both major and minor players in the sector are leveraging technology to reduce costs, identify and assess new deposits, and ...

Months after South Africa’s government began an operation to flush out hundreds of people from an illegal gold mine near Johannesburg, police pulled out 60 bodies as part of a search-and-rescue ...

A monthslong police intervention to coax workers from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has ended with 87 workers declared dead, authorities confirmed Thursday. More than 240 survivors have ...

“Ruthless toward the Zama Zamas and community.” As the mining industry shrank in South Africa and mine owners began to abandon unprofitable sites, Zama Zamas started digging through what ...

Forensic service workers carry bodies in blue body bags during a rescue operation to rescue miners from below ground in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.