In the small town of Stilfontein, some 90 miles from the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, hundreds, possibly thousands, of ...

Down a shaft that plunged more than a mile below the earth in South Africa’s old mining heartland, a man’s life hung in the balance. After weeks working — then later, trapped and starved by violent ...

Costs for essential mining chemicals, including prepared explosives and chemical catalysts, also rose by 8.2% YoY ...

The current rate of decarbonisation is too slow to meet science-based targets. As the mining industry looks towards a new ...

To force the miners back up and put an end to illegal gold mining in Stilfontein, the authorities cut off their supply lines, ...

Chemical and synthetic fibre costs also remained elevated, with prices rising by 8.2% y-o-y. This was driven by higher ...

Global Metals and Mining has signed a $10 million (about K17.5 billion) loan agreement with South Africa-based Industrial ...

The nine suspects between the ages of 30 and 47 were apprehended for illegal mining, possession of suspected unpolished ...

Mpumalanga police spokesperson said the arrests were part of an ongoing effort to combat illegal mining activities in the ...

This zama zama catastrophe is occurring in slow motion and most of the citizenry want death to speed up. Every day, more ...

Global coal demand is expected to grow by 1% in 2024 to an all-time high of 8.77 billion tonnes (Bt), with Africa’s major ...

Violence would ultimately be necessary to redistribute South Africa’s wealth – but first the Economic Freedom Fighters will ...