Mining Indaba 2025: industry faces critical challenges amid investment hopes
Mining Indaba in Cape Town faces unprecedented challenges as industry leaders prepare to address critical issues including ...
Why the gold boom is causing a surge in illegal mining
In challenging economic and geopolitical times, investors bet on gold for its ability to store value. Gold prices hit record highs last year, with some analysts forecasting the precious metal could ...
Across Africa, Russia is growing in influence. What might Moscow want?
Reliance on Russia’s military offerings has become increasingly prevalent in parts of Africa, amid an aggressive push by ...
A South African horror story: Illegal mining standoff draws to an end
In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...
Hundreds of Miners Were Trapped for Months—Until an Extraordinary Two-Man Rescue Mission
The volunteers risked their lives to venture thousands of feet underground and retrieve their neighbors. What they found was ...
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South African miner describes horrors endured by those who spent months underground
A miner who spent six months in a disused mine in South Africa has spoken of the horror he experienced after a police ...
Mozambique not looking to review terms of planned LNG projects, president says
Mozambique is not looking to review contract terms with energy majors like TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil who are planning ...
Investment in Africa: Free trade area agreement powers continent's energy future
Juliya Arbisman, Niyati Ahuja and Hyuna Yong of Reed Smith LLP discuss the recently implemented Agreement on African ...
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Mass Arrests in West Africa Illegal Mining Operation
A sweeping Interpol-led operation targeting illegal mining in West Africa has led to the arrest of 200 people and the seizure ...
Capital allocation in mining: future-proofing Africa’s resource sector
How resources are developed, and where capital is allocated, will determine whether the continent becomes a leader in the ...
South African miner on 6-month ordeal underground and illicit gold industry
The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near the town of Stilfontein began to unfold in August, when police cut off food ...
Illegal South African miner on 6-month ordeal underground and illicit gold industry
The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near the town of Stilfontein began to unfold in August, when police cut off food ...