The reason why poor rural folk keep flocking into a sector with such exploitative working conditions is clear: the lack of ...

At this juncture, Savic made a commitment to strengthen ERG’s local procurement strategy in the DRC. She ended, “I am proud ...

At an open-cast mine, Abdullahi Ibrahim Danjija carefully chisels away at a hunk of whitish rock before stuffing a sack with ...

Horrendous images of the emaciated figures of the living and the dead as they were brought to the surface at Stilfontein show ...

They denounced the arrests of artisanal miners operating in abandoned mines, saying it did nothing to alleviate South ...

Zamfara State is one of Nigeria’s minerally-rich states with huge deposits of gold, copper and lithium. In the same vein, the state has over the years become one of the most insecure in the country, ...

Uganda’s mining sector holds huge economic potential, but persistent governance and financial challenges continue to undermine its growth. Despite being rich in gold, copper, tin, cobalt and rare ...

Cyril Ramaphosa, the President of South Africa, has long been portrayed as a champion of economic transformation and a ...

A gold mine collapse in Shinyalu, Kakamega County, has left several miners trapped and feared dead. Esioba said that the ...

In Zimbabwe they say, Hanzi bhande rinonzvenga vakadzi vakapinda mumigoghi (The gold belt will disappear if women go into the underground mine).Many men on artisanal or small-scale gold mining sites ...