The South African government says it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a plan to bring to ...

A community rescue effort to help illegal miners trapped in a mine shaft in South Africa emerged after police said they ...

Families waited anxiously as South African police cut off food and water to hundreds of illegal miners who entered an ...

The government is trying to starve more than 1,000 informal prospectors out of a shaft of the Buffelsfontein mine, which ...

“We support an energy transition, but if it will involve children in mines ... growth.” Africa holds over 40% of the world’s reserves of transition minerals like cobalt, lithium and copper ...

Pan African Resources's Mogale plant, Johannesburg. It’s hard to believe that we were standing on the historic Mogale mine dump, west of Johannesburg, only 14 months ago, reimagining the future of an ...

In his inaugural speech, President Akufo-Addo stat­ed that the establishment of the mine marks another great step towards positioning Ghana as a premier hub for mining activities in Africa.

South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future. News24 has kept the country informed for 25 years, and we're about to enter a new chapter of fearless journalism. Join ...

At least 13 people were killed when a mining site collapsed in the Plateau State, northcentral Nigeria. Joshua Riti, a government official in the state, told Anadolu on Tuesday that the victims ...

Cobalt is a byproduct of nickel and copper mining. In recent years, cobalt has taken its place as one of the world’s most sought-after commodities due to its use in semiconductor chips and the ...