Anywhere between 5% and 30% of gold in South Africa – once the world’s top producer – is mined illegally, laundered, and ...

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Martin Gama Abucha, Minister of Mines ... South Sudan to establish gold marketing stations. The stations aim to formalize artisanal mining by integrating informal production into the formal economy.

Researchers argue that 300GW of solar energy could be produced at Mpumalanga’s old mines and those closing in the next decade ...

South Africa plans to unveil a new online mining registry next month, a long-delayed move toward greater transparency that should help boost investor interest in funding exploration projects. The ...

SwissAid's latest report reveals the alarming extent of corruption among officials in South Africa's gold trade, highlighting ...

A partial collapse of a traditional gold mine has killed 11 miners and wounded seven others in war-torn Sudan’s northeast, the state mining company said on Sunday. Since war erupted between Sudan’s ...

With its vast mineral reserves, Africa possesses the resources to power the next phase of development for the continent and the world. Given robust debate around which minerals will be most important ...

Mali is Africa's third-largest gold producer, yet decades of foreign extraction have left the country struggling with poverty, instability and limited industrial benefits from its vast mineral wealth.

South African mining company Gold Field Resources has entered into an agreement to acquire Australian Gold Road Resources Ltd. after increasing the value of the offer. This is reported in the Gold ...

Niger Targets Jihadist Financing, Kills 13 in Illegal Gold Mine Raids NIAMEY (Reuters) -Niger's army has raided jihadist-controlled informal mining sites in the country's west, killing more than a ...

Latin American cartels once were masters of the drug trade, but spikes in prices led them into controlling a new venture.