The deal is to meet the minimum requirements of South Africa's new mining charter. This requires companies such as London-based miner Neo Energy Metals which are seeking new mining rights to be at ...

At least 78 were dead when 324 miners were taken out of the shaft following months of ordeal as stand-ff between miners the ...

The rebels, which Rwanda denies supporting, have long been funded at least in part by the illicit mineral trade.

Stories of desperation and survival have emerged from survivors of the several months long standoff between miners and police ...

Unions argue Chinese employers have become notorious for labour violations such as torture, gender-based violence and low ...

Late last year, a specialized camera was lowered into an almost 1.6-mile-deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of ...

Net debt at the end of June 2024 was about USD 9 billion, within BHP's net debt target range of USD 5 billion-USD 15 billion through the cycle, and about 0.3 times trailing 12-month EBITDA. With ...

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ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Soldiers killed at least seven people at a gold mine in southern Ghana ... in the United States but has secondary listings in Ghana and South Africa. In Ghana, alongside the Obuasi ...

In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...

Trapped up to 2.5 kilometres underground, the miners faced horrific conditions, with some resorting to cannibalism to survive ...

Standoff at the mine The closed Buffelsfontein Gold Mine was the scene of a standoff in November ... Rights groups condemned the plan and South Africa's second largest trade union federation called it ...