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A police officer interacts with security personnel at the gate of a disused mine near Rustenburg, North West province. South African police said 14 illegal miners were killed and scores of others injured at the disused mine. Image credit: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Energy

South Africa digs deep: Anti-illegal mining operation prospers

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Source: Reuters.

Financial Services

Africa to pilot bond aimed at formalising artisanal mining

Maxwell Akalaare Adombila 9 Apr 2026

Illegal mining has crippling economic effect on SA mining, warns minerals minister

Mining

Illegal mining has crippling economic effect on SA mining, warns minerals minister

5 Feb 2026

Image credit: Reuters

Mining

Congo shakes up global cobalt supply with export quotas

22 Sep 2025

Image credit: Boom & Bucket on Unsplash

Mining

Revamping the Mineral Resources Bill: A path to investment growth?

18 Aug 2025

A miner holds a sack of ore as it comes out from the mine shaft at Rubaya coltan mine, near the town of Rubaya, which is controlled by M23 rebels, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Image credit: Reuters

Mining

The hidden cost of your smartphone: Inside Congo's rebel-funded mines

Giulia Paravicini and David Lewis 14 Aug 2025

Source: © SABC The Draft Mineral Resources Development Bill, 2025 (Bill) proposes several noteworthy amendments to the current regulatory framework for mineral resources including addressing tailing dumps and associated issues to avoid disasters such as the Jagersfontein disaster

Energy & Mining

11 MPRDA amendments to take note of

Webber Wentzel partners and consultant 22 May 2025

Source: © Impact SRK Consulting considers the risk that illegal artisanal miners pose in the management of tailings dams in many parts of Africa

Mining

Illegal mining: A key risk to tailings dams management and mine closure

2 May 2025

Ore containing copper and cobalt. Source: Paul-Alain Hunt/Unsplash

Mining

Regulatory overhaul puts halt on DRC cobalt exports

Lindsey Schutters 25 Feb 2025

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ESG & Sustainability

Madagascar’s mining rush has caused no more deforestation than farming – new study

Katie Devenish 8 Oct 2024

Andrew van Zyl, Managing Director, SRK Consulting

Trends

#BizTrends2024: The evolution and resilience of the mining industry

Andrew van Zyl 22 Jan 2024

Rudie Opperman. Source: Supplied

Technology

Edge computing could solve SA's illegal mining crisis

Rudie Opperman 13 Nov 2023

Air pollution second leading risk factor for death across Africa - report

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Air pollution second leading risk factor for death across Africa - report

28 Oct 2022

DRC mines minister seeks to cancel artisanal cobalt monopoly

Mining

DRC mines minister seeks to cancel artisanal cobalt monopoly

Helen Reid 12 May 2022

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Mining

Rescuers work to retrieve bodies at collapsed Sudanese gold mine

29 Dec 2021

Artisanal miners work at a cobalt mine-pit in Tulwizembe, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo, 25 November, 2015. Reuters/Kenny Katombe/File Photo

Mining

Congo likely to start artisanal cobalt buying

Pratima Desai & Helen Reid 13 Jul 2021

Artisanal miners work at a cobalt mine-pit in Tulwizembe, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo, November 25, 2015. Picture taken November 25, 2015. Reuters/Kenny Katombe/File Photo

Mining

Cobalt, Congo and a mass artisanal mining experiment

Andy Home 14 May 2021

Gold is key to the economic survival of millions of Ghanaians. Knut-Erik Helle/Flickr, CC BY-NC

Mining

Ghana needs to rethink its small scale mining strategy. Here's how

Richard Kwaku Kumah 16 Apr 2021

Rescuers work in Kamituga, South Kivu, at the entrance of one of the mines which collapsed following torrential rains trapping dozens of artisanal miners in September 2020. Photo by Stringer/AFP via Getty Images

Mining

How large miners and states stifle local capital and innovation in DR Congo

Ben Radley & Sara Geenen 13 Apr 2021

Wandisile Mandlana, partner, Bowmans South Africa

Mining

The challenges and opportunities in the African mining sector

Wandisile Mandlana 11 Feb 2021

A creuseur or digger, descends into a tunnel at the mine in Kawama, Democratic Republic of Congo. Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Health & Safety

As cobalt demand booms, companies must do more to protect Congolese miners

Dorothee Baumann-Pauly & Serra Cremer Iyi 26 Nov 2020

Traceable, commercially-viable artisanal gold supply chain operational in Côte d'Ivoire

Mining

Traceable, commercially-viable artisanal gold supply chain operational in Côte d'Ivoire

29 Sep 2020

Mining

Illicit gold thrives in DRC

18 Sep 2020

Image: Getty/Gallo

Mining

Recovery plan proposed for mining and energy

22 Jul 2020

Kenyan miners have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic Recep Canik/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Mining

Covid-19 is underscoring the vulnerable lives of Kenya's artisanal gemstone miners

Judy N Muthuri 18 Jun 2020

Going underground in Camarines Norte province, Philippines. EPA

Mining

Meet the struggling gold miners who are missing out on boom in the precious metal

Sara Geenen & Boris Verbrugge 27 May 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Mining

How to address security threats to the mining industry

JP Casey 21 Feb 2020

Minerals Minister, Gwede Mantashe in conversation with Errol Smart, CEO, Orion Minerals

Mining

#MiningIndaba2020: Will Mining Charter III benefit junior miners?

Nicci Botha 5 Feb 2020

Image: Jan-Joseph Stok/Terre des Hommes

Mining

Children labour rife in Madagascar mica mining sector

19 Nov 2019

An artisanal mine. Fairphone/Flickr

Mining

The way that minerals are mined affects conflict in eastern Congo

Marijke Verpoorten, Nik Stroop & Peter van der Windt 30 Jul 2019

Kamoto Copper Company. Photo: Wikipedia

Mining

Illegal miners die in DRC mine collapse

28 Jun 2019

Demonstration for conflict-free products. Enough Project/Flickr

Mining

Why responsible sourcing of DRC minerals has major weak spots

Peer Schouten 23 Apr 2019

Digging in the DRC

Mining

Digging in the DRC

Charlotte Mathews 30 Oct 2017

Source: Capital FM Kenya

Mining

DR Congo miners upset at US 'conflict mineral' rules

5 May 2017

Mining

Pastor unearths 706-carat diamond

17 Mar 2017

After Langlaagte: DMR reveals the depth of illegal mining

Mining

After Langlaagte: DMR reveals the depth of illegal mining

21 Sep 2016

World Café brings new life to earth observation innovation

Technology

World Café brings new life to earth observation innovation

31 May 2016

Reform for Ghana's artisanal mining sector

Mining

Reform for Ghana's artisanal mining sector

24 Mar 2016

Amazon slowly eaten away by gold rush's illegal mines

Environment & Natural Resources

Amazon slowly eaten away by gold rush's illegal mines

14 Aug 2015

Ghana's golden future

Energy & Mining

Ghana's golden future

Sébastien Jadot 29 Jul 2013

Public Health

Mercury hazards face developing countries

11 Jan 2013