Deep in the heart of a lush green forest, an excavator is hard at work, turning over the earth in search of gold. The surrounding landscape is devastated — centuries-old trees have been uprooted, and ...

South Africa is on the cusp of reviving its ferroalloys industry, but its progress depends on several reforms, including affordable electricity and fixing the country's logistics bottlenecks. Speaking ...

As the race for the minerals powering the energy transition intensifies and the price of gold rises, our unique ranking ...

O ver the last few months, the leading narrative in the national discourse about the mining and minerals sector, has ...

The result reveals a potential new lode ~250m from Corner Bay, which is the primary deposit at the Chibougamau Project; ...

A miner is transported on a stretcher by rescue workers after he was rescued from below ground in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba ...

But contrary to an accusation commonly bandied about in South Africa, illegal mining is not exclusively the domaine of foreigners. Thornton said there existed a “sort of independent gold ...

The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87, police said Thursday.

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87 ...

Many mines in South Africa have been abandoned over the last three decades by companies that did not find them economically viable. The mines have been taken over by gangs, often former employees ...

she said at the abandoned Buffelsfontein gold mine about 100 miles southwest ... the desperation many face in Africa’s most industrialized economy. Almost a third of the labor force — and half of ...

South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at ... he told Reuters. Illegal mining cost South Africa over $3 billion last year ...