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Good as gold: World Gold Council outlines record-breaking quarter

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Harmony Gold and others lose mining permits in Mali

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South Africa’s coal mines are leaking methane – and no one knows how muchJennifer Lee Broadhurst, Brett Cohen and Jesse Burton

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Can South Africa hold its mining tech edge as Anglo American relocates?Reginald Letsholo

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Transnet plans $7bn of infrastructure upgradesColleen Goko

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Harmony Gold and others lose mining permits in Mali

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Eskom's Kriel power station

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Rescued miners are seen as they are processed by police after being rescued at the mine shaft where rescue operations are ongoing as attempts are made to rescue illegal miners who have been underground for months, in Stilfontein. Source: Reuters/Ihsaan Haffejee

Sixty bodies retrieved from Stilfontein

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Souvenir luggage tags are displayed at a Barrick Gold Corp at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Source: Reuters/Chris Helgren

Barrick to suspend operations in Mali after gold seized

Portia Crowe, Divya Rajagopal, David Lewis and Giulia Paravicini 14 Jan 2025

Arjen de Bruin, Group CEO at OIM Consulting

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Deadline looms for unconventional gas regulations inputs

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Stilfontein: ‘It was not an illness that killed them. It was starvation’

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A woman picks a gold earring at a jewellery shop in the old quarters of Delhi. Source: Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis

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A general view of Anglo American's Quellaveco copper mine in Peru. Source: Anglo American/Reuters

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Mining operational costs stabilise as 2024 closes, but challenges persist

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Mining enters its AI era

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Anglo triples Minas-Rio orebody strike length with Serpentina deal

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Lindsey Schutters 3 Dec 2024

Mine tailings has become major business

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Lindsey Schutters 2 Dec 2024

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Community members watch as Senzo Mchunu, South African police minister, inspects outside the mineshaft where it is estimated that hundreds of illegal miners are believed to be hiding underground, after police cut off food and water as part of police operations against illegal miners, in Stilfontein. Source: Reuters/Ihsaan Haffejee

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Activists from the Vaal region protested outside the Department of Mineral Resources in Pretoria against Glubay’s proposed mine. Residents are concerned about water, soil and air pollution from the proposed mine. Photos: Ihsaan Haffejee / GroundUp

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