"This is the only hustle we know," miners tell the BBC as they try their luck at the site in Springs.

In South Africa, a months-long standoff between police and illegal gold miners has resulted in over 100 deaths. This surge in illegal gold mining has highlighted the growing dangers of the industry.

The African Mining Indaba 2026 kicked off in Cape Town on Monday, 9 February, which means (besides the fact that you will be ...

The due diligence study was conducted as a systems-level interaction, to deliver a fully integrated, multidisciplinary ...

Speaking at Mining Indaba 2026, Andrew Naylor of the World Gold Council shares insight into artisanal and small-scale gold mining.

That’s how an unknown number of unauthorized miners — believed to be in the hundreds — have been surviving for weeks, possibly months, over a mile deep underground in a disused mine shaft in the South ...

The Loulo-Gounkoto mining ​complex in western Mali is the country's largest producer and Barrick's most profitable mine ...

Endeavour Mining officially opened its second gold mine in Côte d’Ivoire on 19 October in Lafigué, in the north of the country, as it ramps up development to produce between 1.13m and 1.27 ounces of ...

Rodrigo Cetenareski, shares insight into how African mining is benefiting from the current commodity boom in gold, copper and PGMs.

Pan African Resources PLC is a mid-tier, under followed South African focused gold producer. The company is the market leader in extracting low-cost gold from tailings heaps. Management has an ...

By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila CAPE TOWN, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Ghana produced a record 6 million ounces of gold in 2025, ...

A tragic standoff is unfolding in Stilfontein, South Africa, where thousands of illegal miners – known colloquially as zama zamas – are trapped underground. The crisis has brought South Africa’s ...