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

In Zimbabwe it was believed that if a woman went underground the gold seam would vanish, but above ground women held ...

(Photo by Christian Velcich / AFP) If the government is serious about addressing illegal mining and its accompanying organised crime mafia, it must legalise artisanal mining and transform ...

Protesters took to the streets of Bukavu last week after Chinese men arrested on suspicion of illegal mining in a separate case were released. "Our minerals are being plundered by companies that ...

South Africa loses more than a $1 billion to illegal mining every year and has vowed a crackdown of the trade. There are an estimated 100,000 artisanal miners in the country, known locally as ...

known locally as “zama zamas” with most of the minerals derived from artisanal mining “sold to the black market, and international illicit mineral traders,” according to SAFTU. The nation ...

It’s the money, of course. Cryptocurrency mining is the process of validating transactions on a proof-of-work blockchain network, like Bitcoin or Ethereum Classic. Miners play a crucial role ...

A 103-year-old grandmother, Mrs Loice Madzirerusa of Batsira Village, Marange, was tragically struck and killed by a lightning bolt while handling metal kitchen utensils in her kitchen hut during a ...

However, he has called for policies to regulate and support artisanal mining to curb these activities. As the operation progresses, relatives of some of the trapped illegal miners have arrived at ...