In mid-January 2024, over 1,000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in South Africa. They had been starved out by the police in Operation Vala ...

The convergence of the mining and automotive sectors is set to shape the industrial strategies of many companies and ...

In this article, Dr John Bristow of the Overberg Geoscientists Group writes about a centenary of diamond prospecting and mining along the West Coast of South Africa and the legends that shaped the ...

Over the last few months, the leading narrative in the national discourse about the mining and minerals sector, has unfortunately been centred around the illicit mining trade that has plagued this ...

Who are the “criminals” captured as a result of such extreme measures? I am an anthropologist and I’ve been studying the social life and history of South African gold mining for nearly three decades.

But contrary to an accusation commonly bandied about in South Africa, illegal mining is not exclusively the domaine of foreigners. Thornton said there existed a “sort of independent gold ...

The time is right for a national conversation – to map out the way forward for South Africa, and to provide its people with greater opportunity for a better life by becoming a more mature, modern, ...

Scientific advances, initiatives, and injustices in Sub–Saharan Africa shape the Black diaspora through ancestry, migration, ...

The lack of a proper cadastre has long been a thorn in the side of the industry and is regarded as the main reason behind mounting backlogs for mining applications in South Africa.

The mining industry has grown employment since 2021 despite the headwinds of a difficult operating environment, rapidly increasing input costs, and volatile global commodity prices, the Minerals ...

South Africa’s government is facing criticism for its clampdown on illegal mining that cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground, after at least 78 bodies were pulled from a shaft ...

The private sector must continue working with government and strengthen public–private partnerships to not only fortify the ...