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

Platinum prices have more than doubled in the past 12 months, while gold is up about 73%, spurring deals such as the merger ...

Activity across the mining and minerals sector continued at pace. FAM Minerals & Mining, a global manufacturer of bulk ...

West Wits Mining has added 2.2M ounces to the gold resource after securing a key tenement and lowering cut-off grades at its ...

Harmony Gold's recently acquired CSA Copper Mine in Australia requires a capital injection and a strategic rethink, which ...

Up to 30% of South Africa’s gold may be mined illegally, worth billions of rand. High prices and weak oversight feed a shadow ...

(Reuters) -South African mining veteran Duncan Wanblad on Wednesday lamented the country’s foregone investment in mining, as gold prices surged past $4,000 an ounce — a record high driven by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Peruvian soldiers patrol in an illegal gold-mining camp during a military operation to destroy illegal machinery and equipment ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Nearly a third of the 260 miners stuck underground following an accident at a Sibanye-Stillwater gold mine in South Africa were brought to the surface on Friday, the company ...

Soaring gold prices have sent African nations that produce the precious metal scrambling to capitalize on the surge. But can ...

South Africa is set to open its first new underground gold mine in 15 years – an increasingly rare event for a country that was once the world’s largest producer of the precious metal. West Wits ...

Explore the innovations shaping Africa’s mining future at the Mining Indaba as industry leaders discuss collaboration, ...