In both opencast and underground mines, unexpected water ingress can severely disrupt production unless an effective ...

Ian Cockerill, appointed CEO of West Africa’s leading gold producer in January, takes stock of his first few months at the ...

Kenneth D. Johnson touches on the urgent but often overlooked aspect of Silicon Valley's innovation engine—its reliance on ...

Natural light streams in from a wall-to-wall window where Eric, a diamond cutter (whose surname must remain a secret), is ...

South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Wednesday it had agreed a wage deal with Sibanye Stillwater's gold operations after months of negotiations.

West Africa is emerging as a global hotspot for gold M&A as record prices and the region's rich geology entice miners.

South African police on Tuesday detained 269 illegal miners as they left a disused gold mine after security forces cut off their food and water supplies, adding to 565 rounded up at the weekend.

Anglo American to sell 33.3% stake in Jellinbah Group to Zashvin for $1.1 billion and focus on copper, iron ore, and crop ...

Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi has conceded defeat in the election in a seismic moment of change for the county that ...

SAPS and SANDF members prevented communities around the abandoned mining shafts in Orkney from delivering food parcels and ...

South African police have arrested 225 illegal miners, known locally as "zama zamas," after they were forced to the surface ...

Police in South Africa have forced 540 illegal miners out of an abandoned mine shaft and arrested them. Earlier this week, ...