3+ hour, 48+ min ago   (416+ words) Cape Town – The Benchmarks Foundation has raised concerns that the proposed General Mining Laws Amendment Bill could punish low-level zama-zamas while failing to reach the powerful syndicates allegedly financing and benefiting from illegal mining operations. The government is proposing sweeping…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (409+ words) Johannesburg – Electra Mining Africa 2026 is set to bring together key players from the mining, manufacturing, energy and infrastructure sectors as businesses look for ways to improve efficiency, strengthen supply chains and manage rising operational costs. The exhibition, which takes place…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (636+ words) This Women’s Month, Redpath Africa Limited celebrates the women whose dedication, technical expertise and commitment to excellence are strengthening every aspect of its mining operations, from engineering and logistics to workplace wellbeing Mining is often associated with heavy machinery, engineering…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (603+ words) Tervuren – From century-old maps to meticulous field notes, Belgium is sitting on a trove of geological records on colonial-era Congo — a coveted archive it is working to open up amid a global scramble for critical minerals. Teeming documents charting the…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (340+ words) The chief executive of the Lobito Atlantic Railway (LAR) project to link southern African mines to an Angolan export port says his priority is the business of the operation, not the geopolitical tussle over Africa's minerals....

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (226+ words) Yaoundé – Nearly 200 illegal artisanal gold mining companies, most of them foreign-owned, have been uncovered in central and eastern Cameroon, the mines ministry said Wednesday. An investigation into the gold sector was launched in January after a large gap emerged between…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (30+ words) Nine miners died Monday in an explosion inside a coal mine in central Colombia caused by a buildup of gases, according to a final toll released by the mining authority....

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (597+ words) Johannesburg – South Africa’s investment outlook is showing renewed strength, supported by signs of economic recovery and ongoing structural reforms, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in his weekly newsletter ahead of the sixth South Africa Investment Conference (SAIC). The conference, taking place…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (406+ words) Cape Town – Legal objections lodged by environmental groups are holding South Africa back from exploring its massive oil and gas potential, and undermining development, the energy minister said on Monday. The global shocks to the oil and gas supply due…...

9+ mon, 3+ day ago   (697+ words) Every day at noon, Almond Mnisi leads his community in prayer. Yet their prayers have gone unanswered for six years. They want the return of the bodies of three miners who lie buried in Lily Mine, Barberton, in Mpumalanga’s gold…...