SA’s gold mining past poisons Soweto community, residents say
Soweto – Soweto’s children call it the “yellow mountain”: for decades, a gold mine dump that towers over the Snake... Read more
13 Jun, 2025
Shaft scare at Sibanye! 260 miners kept underground — ‘all accounted for and safe,’ says mine
Westonaria – Damage to a mine shaft kept 260 miners stuck in a gold mine outside Johannesburg overnight, the... Read more
23 May, 2025
Mining companies are breaking their promises – and the state is doing nothing about it
A three-year study of 11 mining companies has found they failed to meet the promises made in their Social... Read more
15 May, 2025
13 kidnapped workers found dead in Peruvian mine
Lima – Thirteen people were found dead inside a mine in Peru after being kidnapped days earlier in the... Read more
5 May, 2025
Mali closes office of Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold in tax spat
Bamako – Mali on Tuesday closed the Bamako office of Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold over a tax dispute, Malian... Read more
16 Apr, 2025
SAPS strikes back: 1,733 arrested in massive illegal mining takedown
Pretoria – The South African Police Service (SAPS) has intensified its crackdown on illegal mining and associated crimes, with... Read more
10 Apr, 2025
Leader of crisis-hit DRC meets Trump Africa advisor
Kinshasa – Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi, battling anti-government forces in the country’s resource-rich east, on Thursday discussed a possible... Read more
4 Apr, 2025
Deaths, cover-ups and bribes at Zimbabwe’s lawless Redwing Mine
Penhalonga has hundreds of illegal hammer mills, suspected of being stolen from formal mining operations in the area but... Read more
24 Mar, 2025
Giant mine machine swallowing up Senegal’s fertile coast
Lompoul – Like something from the science fiction film “Dune”, the “world’s biggest mining dredger” has been swallowing acre... Read more
17 Mar, 2025
Economic uncertainty shadows South Africa’s major employers
Cape Town – South Africa’s mining and manufacturing industries, once the backbone of the economy, have been in steady... Read more
17 Mar, 2025
