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Illegal mining has crippling economic effect on SA mining, warns minerals minister

Mining

Illegal mining has crippling economic effect on SA mining, warns minerals minister

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Gold

#LondonIndaba: How the WGC is digitising the gold market

Maroefah Smith 26 Jun 2025

Source: © SABC The Draft Mineral Resources Development Bill, 2025 (Bill) proposes several noteworthy amendments to the current regulatory framework for mineral resources including addressing tailing dumps and associated issues to avoid disasters such as the Jagersfontein disaster

Energy & Mining

11 MPRDA amendments to take note of

Webber Wentzel partners and consultant 22 May 2025

Financial Services

Russia launches crypto mining for global trade

1 Nov 2024

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ESG & Sustainability

Madagascar’s mining rush has caused no more deforestation than farming – new study

Katie Devenish 8 Oct 2024

New ASM Policy and Mine Community Resettlement Guidelines: progress, but grey areas remain

Mining

New ASM Policy and Mine Community Resettlement Guidelines: progress, but grey areas remain

Nomsa Mbere and Jaqui Pinto 29 Apr 2022

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Science & Engineering

Digital to speed up change in mining industry

17 Sep 2021

Artisanal miners work at a cobalt mine-pit in Tulwizembe, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo, 25 November, 2015. Reuters/Kenny Katombe/File Photo

Mining

Congo likely to start artisanal cobalt buying

Pratima Desai & Helen Reid 13 Jul 2021

Artisanal miners work at a cobalt mine-pit in Tulwizembe, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo, November 25, 2015. Picture taken November 25, 2015. Reuters/Kenny Katombe/File Photo

Mining

Cobalt, Congo and a mass artisanal mining experiment

Andy Home 14 May 2021

Gold is key to the economic survival of millions of Ghanaians. Knut-Erik Helle/Flickr, CC BY-NC

Mining

Ghana needs to rethink its small scale mining strategy. Here's how

Richard Kwaku Kumah 16 Apr 2021

Rescuers work in Kamituga, South Kivu, at the entrance of one of the mines which collapsed following torrential rains trapping dozens of artisanal miners in September 2020. Photo by Stringer/AFP via Getty Images

Mining

How large miners and states stifle local capital and innovation in DR Congo

Ben Radley & Sara Geenen 13 Apr 2021

Fewer tourists meant less money for wildlife during the pandemic - but there's an alternative

Environment & Natural Resources

Fewer tourists meant less money for wildlife during the pandemic - but there's an alternative

Joseph Hamm 24 Dec 2020

A creuseur or digger, descends into a tunnel at the mine in Kawama, Democratic Republic of Congo. Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Health & Safety

As cobalt demand booms, companies must do more to protect Congolese miners

Dorothee Baumann-Pauly & Serra Cremer Iyi 26 Nov 2020

Zuneid Yousuf, chairman, African Green Resources.

Sustainability

Why the mining sector is vital to green industry

Zuneid Yousuf 17 Sep 2020

Image: Getty/Gallo

Mining

Recovery plan proposed for mining and energy

22 Jul 2020

Kenyan miners have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic Recep Canik/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Mining

Covid-19 is underscoring the vulnerable lives of Kenya's artisanal gemstone miners

Judy N Muthuri 18 Jun 2020

Going underground in Camarines Norte province, Philippines. EPA

Mining

Meet the struggling gold miners who are missing out on boom in the precious metal

Sara Geenen & Boris Verbrugge 27 May 2020

Illicit mining is carried out on lands sold by traditional rulers. Wikimedia Commons

Mining

Ghana's traditional and state powers must collaborate to halt illegal mining

James Boafo 13 Nov 2019

Mining

Lifting the lid on Ghana's illegal small-scale mining problem

Gabriel Botchwey & Gordon Crawford 26 Sep 2019

Gwede Mantashe, mineral resources and energy minister

Mining

R850m set aside for beneficiation initiatives

11 Jul 2019

ASM gold trading platform ensures transparency

Mining

ASM gold trading platform ensures transparency

16 Apr 2019

Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo

Mining

#MiningIndaba2019: It's time to make Africa prosperous

Nicci Botha 7 Feb 2019

Mining

Why there's resistance to coal mining at a world heritage site in South Africa

Llewellyn Leonard 13 Sep 2018

Professor Fred Cawood

Mining

CSMI and Wits Mining Institute explore sustainability

19 Jun 2018

Photo by Seth Doyle on Unsplash

Mining

How children are lured into mining

Syriacus Buguzi 11 May 2018

Sierra Leone: De Beers gem traders launch app to source clean diamonds

Mining

Sierra Leone: De Beers gem traders launch app to source clean diamonds

Jane Mcintosh 20 Apr 2018

Namibian Mines and Energy Deputy Minister, Kornelia Shilunga

Mining

Namibian women largely observers in mining

Albertina Nakale 11 Apr 2018

Photo: Capital FM Kenya

Mining

Kenya: State to adopt safe practices in gold mining

Pauline Kairu 30 May 2017

Mining doesn't benefit African communities, AMI says

Energy & Mining

Mining doesn't benefit African communities, AMI says

8 Feb 2017

After Langlaagte: DMR reveals the depth of illegal mining

Mining

After Langlaagte: DMR reveals the depth of illegal mining

21 Sep 2016

Reform for Ghana's artisanal mining sector

Mining

Reform for Ghana's artisanal mining sector

24 Mar 2016

Down in the dumps

Mining

Down in the dumps

Nicci Botha 3 Nov 2015

Amazon slowly eaten away by gold rush's illegal mines

Environment & Natural Resources

Amazon slowly eaten away by gold rush's illegal mines

14 Aug 2015

Groynes at the Keta Sea Defense Project on Ghana’s coast. Kwasi Addo Appeaning

Sustainable Development

Why Ghana needs a new approach to stop the erosion of its coastline

Kwasi Addo Appeaning 3 Jul 2015

Centre of excellence to guide growth in SA mining

Mining

Centre of excellence to guide growth in SA mining

Ray Maota 12 May 2014

Kimberley Process meeting reflects on progress

Markets & Investment

Kimberley Process meeting reflects on progress

25 Nov 2013

Dangers of child labour in the extractive industries and a case for due diligence

Health & Safety

Dangers of child labour in the extractive industries and a case for due diligence

Mariam Diarra 29 Jul 2013

Ghana's golden future

Energy & Mining

Ghana's golden future

Sébastien Jadot 29 Jul 2013

Mintek produces African jewellery

Manufacturing

Mintek produces African jewellery

Lucille Davie 11 Apr 2013

Mining

Mining has a big multiplier effect on job creation

16 Nov 2012

Mining

Mining sector has vast job creation potential

Abel Myburgh 16 Nov 2012