In South Africa last month, 78 gold diggers died in an underground rescue effort. The illegal miners, locally referred to as ...

Violence escalated when the Rwandan-backed March 23 Movement rebels seized control of Goma, a key mining city in eastern ...

Their calls add to growing pressure on government to make artisanal and small-scale mining a safe and transparent sector that ...

This week’s podcast features Aris Mining CEO Neil Woodyer, who shares his journey as a founder of three mining companies, his collaboration with Frank Giustra, and his latest work ...

About 40 activists staged a picket outside the Cape Town International Convention Centre to bring attention to the rights of ...

Think of De Beers Group and you naturally think of large-scale diamond mining operations. Given that it is the second largest ...

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

This week’s podcast features Aris Mining CEO Neil Woodyer, who shares his journey as a founder of three mining companies, his ...

Artisanal lithium mining in Nigeria attracts workers seeking fortune, despite illegal activity and limited foreign investment ...

Three years ago the 31-year-old miner came down from Kano in the north lured by promises of being able to make his fortune by ...

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

There are thought to be at least 50 000 informal miners working underground in South Africa. According to the auditor general ...