Residents living in the area have complained of adverse health conditions with some children born with serious disabilities.

Since its inception in December 2023, Operation Vala Umgodi has dramatically altered the landscape of illegal mining ...

Highlights: • Ghana lost $11.4 billion to gold smuggling from artisanal mining between 2019 and 2023, Swissaid reports. • Smugglers reroute undeclared gold through Togo, Burkina Faso, and Mali, mainly ...

The west African state of Mali has broken ground on a gold refinery, the Reuters news agency reports. The government ...

A judge in Mali has placed Canadian mining company Barrick Gold under provisional administration in an ongoing dispute with ...

Mali began construction of a new Russia-backed gold refinery on Monday, which the West African country's military leader said ...

ASX-listed West Wits Mining, which has gold mining assets in South Africa, has received firm commitments to raise ...

Vanadium Resources has signed an MoU with China Precious Asia Ltd for a magnetite ore agreement from Steelpoortdrift in South Africa.

Niger's army has raided jihadist-controlled informal mining sites in the country's west, killing more than a dozen insurgents and seizing material linked to the manufacture of improvised explosive ...

There's movement at both of the ASX's South Africa-focused gold hopefuls, with West Wits Mining raising more cash for its ...

Platinum prices have surged past $1285 amid a mix of speculative demand and fundamental supply risks, igniting a debate ...

To answer these questions, it is easiest to start with the amount of gold that humans have mined to date. The U.S. Geological ...