Illegal miners in South Africa's Buffelsfontein Gold Mine have resorted to cannibalism to survive after authorities cut off ...
As the race for the minerals powering the energy transition intensifies and the price of gold rises, our unique ranking ...
At least 78 were dead when 324 miners were taken out of the shaft following months of ordeal as stand-ff between miners the ...
Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...
Both major and minor players in the sector are leveraging technology to reduce costs, identify and assess new deposits, and ...
South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...
Thousands of illegal miners working at the old Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, near Johannesburg, surrendered but around 400 remained - with only 324 of them making it out alive ...
The tragedy, which left South Africa divided, and left many illegal miners dead in its wake, unfolded last year after the ...
African Mining Week (AMW) 2025 – held under the theme, From Extraction to Beneficiation: Unlocking Africa’s Mineral Wealth – ...
"Traditional financing of new ventures in the African mining sector has become increasingly challenging over the past decade," says Wildu du Plessis, a partner at Alchemy. “A variety of non-banking ...
They blink like moles in the harsh South African sunlight. Some look painfully young. Operations to rescue hundreds of illegal miners at an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, a small mining town ...