Explore the challenges facing South Africa's mining sector, its historical significance, and the potential for future growth ...

The Minerals Council of South Africa said this month in its annual safety report that 41 miners died in mining accidents in South Africa last year, a record low and down from hundreds a year in the ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa is sending troops into communities to help police fight illegal mining and gang ...

As illegal mining spreads through abandoned shafts in South Africa, Catholic religious women risk their lives to rescue girls coerced into sex and early marriages in communities the state struggles to ...

Witnesses include former Ohio Congressman Tony Hall , now the US chair of the Blood Battery Campaign to halt child labour in ...

This policy provides a framework to formalise the sector and enable lawful economic participation, primarily for South ...

Globally, nearly 7,000 coal mines, more than 2,400 coal-fired power plants and hundreds of coal rail networks, trucks and port terminals all make up the world’s coal industry. When coal is phased out ...

South Africa, the continent’s most industrialized economy, has produced more gold than any other country. The gold rush of the late 1800s formed the bedrock for massive cities like Johannesburg, ...

Environmental justice activists have spoken out against coal and iron mining in South Africa, telling a recent human rights hearing that the industry violently undermines the country’s promised energy ...

South Africa plans to unveil a new online mining registry next month, a long-delayed move toward greater transparency that should help boost investor interest in funding exploration projects. The ...

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources and Acting Minister for Environment, Science and Technology, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has arrived in South Africa to lead Ghana's delegation at this ...