In 2018, at the Otjikoto mine in Namibia, B2Gold unveiled what was then an unusual sight at an African mining operation – an installation of solar panels. The 6MW solar facility, which also included a ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing calls to order a national inquiry into a police operation that was meant to ...

South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people ...

Authorities now believe that nearly 2,000 miners were working illegally in the mine near the town of Stilfontein, southwest of Johannesburg, since August last year.

The clampdown on illegal mining cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground. At least 78 bodies were pulled from ...

Hundreds are still trapped at the Stilfontein gold mine, a rights group said. Authorities tried to flush out the miners by ...

Ann Novotny, Partners at Webber Wentzel The 2025 Mining Indaba theme, "Futureproofing African mining, today," compels us to ...

By Jason Mitchell Gabon – home to 25% of the world’s manganese reserves and vast mineral riches – is rapidly establishing its ...

In a statement published Jan. 3, 2025, Bishop Sithembele Sipuka of South Africa’s Mthatha Diocese weighed in on the situation of the illegal miners who have been trapped in a mine in South ...

Residents of Vadamarachchi South in Jaffna have complained about unauthorised limestone quarrying in their region that has disrupted agricultural activities in several villages and caused water ...

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It’s about paving the way for mining operations. China is also on a similar trajectory. All of this has set in motion a new lunar race with private companies competing to figure out how to ...