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Uranium mine audit flags toxic water and sanitation failures – The Mail & Guardian
12+ hour, 35+ min ago (1523+ words) On 18 February this year, management at the Kayelekera uranium mine in northern Malawi circulated a notice to employees and contractors assuring them that the site's water supply was safe. "Please be advised that the latest water quality test results have…...
Modernising mining: Cybersecurity must be central, not optional – The Mail & Guardian
2+ week, 1+ day ago (218+ words) As mining modernises, it is also becoming more vulnerable. At the 2026 Mining Indaba in Cape Town, the emphasis was on digitalisation and technological advancement of the industry. However, the industry recognises that cybersecurity can no longer continue to remain the…...
AI funding set to bring mining into 21st century – The Mail & Guardian
1+ mon, 13+ hour ago (792+ words) The financial commitments made during the G20 heads of state summit last November, such as the United Arab Emirates" (UAE) $1 billion (about R16bn) pledge for artificial intelligence development, should be used for building an efficient mining system. At the recent annual lnvesting…...
Barrick and Twiga Minerals launch helicopter surveys to boost Tanzania gold exploration – The Mail & Guardian
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (637+ words) Gold mining company Barrick, in partnership with the government through Twiga Minerals, has launched a state-of-the-art helicopter for conducting airborne geological surveys, aimed at reducing environmental impact and enhancing mineral exploration activities in Tanzania. Speaking at the launch of the…...
Why isn’t offshore oil and gas South Africa’s next mining boom? – The Mail & Guardian
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (522+ words) As Cape Town hosts the Mining Indaba this week, the scale of the gathering once again reminds us of mining's enduring significance to South Africa. More than 10,000 delegates from global executives to investors and government leaders will converge to discuss…...
Coal’s slow death in Mpumalanga – The Mail & Guardian
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1296+ words) Steve Tshwete Local Municipality in Middelburg used to be one of South Africa's top municipalities, boasting an average 95% rates collection. Now it is bleeding revenue as Mpumalanga's coal sector contracts, and is struggling to pay its own service providers within…...
‘We dig, they profit’: Africa told to turn mineral wealth into power, not poverty – The Mail & Guardian
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (1295+ words) A year ago, Maxwell Gomera's daughter asked him a question he couldn't answer. "She had been reading about Zimbabwe's lithium boom and she said to me: "Dad, if we have all this lithium, why are we still poor?" said Gomera,…...
UN report: Africa’s transition minerals key to global clean energy future – The Mail & Guardian
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (1355+ words) The world's financial systems, governance and regulation of mineral exploration and mining must be reformed to direct more capital flows and a clean energy transition, a new UN report has found. Released by the UN Environment Programme's International Resource Panel,…...
South African company accused of fuelling toxic lead crisis in Zambia – The Mail & Guardian
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (648+ words) A South African-owned company is under fire for toxic mine waste from an unrehabilitated mine in Zambia's Kabwe region that has caused lead poisoning, with children being the most affected. Enviro Processing Limited, a subsidiary of Johannesburg-based Jubilee Metals Group,…...
Coal lobby urges ‘fair’ funding as civil society warns against false claims – The Mail & Guardian
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (1139+ words) The newly-appointed chairperson of lobby group FutureCoal, has sent an urgent appeal to global financial leaders, urging them to fund coal "fairly and equally. "I write to you with a clear and urgent message: It is time to fund coal,…...