Countries

Situation at Stilfontein shaft ‘precarious, uncertain and potentially volatile’ – Ramaphosa

Johannesburg – President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday that hundreds of illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine shaft... Read more

19 Nov, 2024

Countries

Mining group threatens to sue govt over Stilfontein miner treatment

Cape Town – The Mining Affected Communities United In Action (MACUA) is reportedly contemplating legal action against the South... Read more

18 Nov, 2024

Countries

WATCH | SA police urge illegal miners to leave shaft

Johannesburg – South African police and ambulances were at the site on Thursday of an old gold mine shaft... Read more

15 Nov, 2024

Countries

Police detain 834 illegal miners in major crackdown

Johannesburg – South African police on Tuesday detained 269 illegal miners as they left a disused gold mine after... Read more

6 Nov, 2024

Countries

Starving zama zamas surface from abandoned mine, 225 arrested

Johannesburg – South African police on Sunday said that 225 illegal miners were arrested after being forced out of... Read more

3 Nov, 2024

Countries

Ghana plans three-day protest over illegal mining, arrests

Accra – Ghanaians are set to stage a three-day protest this week demanding government action on illegal gold mining... Read more

2 Oct, 2024

Countries

Mali releases four Canadian mining firm employees – source

Bamako – Four employees of Canadian mining company Barrick Gold arrested in Mali last week have been released, a... Read more

1 Oct, 2024

Countries

Gold rush and nightlife fuel mpox outbreak in DRC’s Kamituga

Kamituga – Come nightfall, gold-diggers, hawkers and prostitutes alike barrel into the bars of Kamituga in the eastern DR... Read more

30 Sep, 2024

Business

SA’s move to green energy was slowed down by government to protect coal mining

Thokozani Chilenga-Butao, University of the Witwatersrand South Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources and Energy was split in two after... Read more

18 Sep, 2024

Companies

Mining still not geared towards supporting women employees, symposium hears

Cape Town — Despite women having come a long way in the mining sector, the industry is still unprepared... Read more

23 Aug, 2024