Call centres could be a gold mine for Africa Forget factories. There is a better answer to the continent’s jobs crisis ...

Mali's mining code change in 2024 puts pressure on foreign companies in the country. The Loulo-Gounkoto complex, one of the largest gold mines in the world currently owned by the Canadian company ...

One of the key factors affecting the operation of mines in Africa is the availability of a reliable, uninterrupted supply of power. The importance of a stable power supply for mines is such that ...

Barrick Gold’s giant Loulo-Gounkoto gold complex in Mali has been placed under the provisional administration of the country's military junta amid an ongoing tax dispute. The Canadian-owned ...

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's Sibanye-Stillwater said on Friday that it was working to bring to the surface 260 miners, who were stuck underground at one of its gold mines after the hoist system ...

Sibanye Stillwater said it is working to free 260 miners trapped underground at its Kloof gold mine in South Africa after the hoist system used to access the shaft ...

An investigation into the illicit mining sector reveals a world of child exploitation.

Mining researcher and activist Makhotla Sefuli backs this up. He says criminal gangs specifically target children to work in illegal mines across South Africa.

Africa mines the material, China makes the products, Ireland gets rich The end of apartheid was supposed to bring prosperity to the country and the rest of the continent.

A showdown with Barrick Gold in Mali, audits of oil contracts in Senegal, the CFA franc denounced – after the rhetoric, the economic reality in West Africa is delivering mixed results.

Open-cast mining, where coal is dug out of the ground through a giant, open pit, destroys habitats. South Africa has many of the largest open pit mines in the world.