The DR Congo accounts for about two-thirds of the world's cobalt, a key component of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that power electronic devices and electric vehicles, ... Read more »
Rights activists have expressed concern over the increase in the number of mine-related deaths involving artisanal miners and small scale miners in Zimbabwe. This comes after the Read more »
Small-scale mining in Ghana employs more than one million people directly and support the livelihoods of about 4.5 million. Although permits are required, it is estimated that ... Read more »
Although he did not say when former president Robert Mugabe would appear before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee, the Chairperson Temba Mliswa has resolved to summon Mugabe to ... Read more »
Powerful military and political elites and security forces have controlled and secretly exploited Zimbabwe's once promising diamond sector, while concealing the scale of the loss ... Read more »
Namibia is covered with the remains of abandoned mines and despite increased awareness of the threats to the environment posed by mining and its aftermath, there are still ... Read more »
In a significant development, the Johannesburg High Court has granted permission to appeal an earlier ruling that denied class action certification for 140,000 women and chil Read more »
Villagers in Madagascar are suing Rio Tinto, a major mining company, claiming the company's mine has polluted nearby lakes and rivers with lead and uranium. The 64 residents of ... Read more »
Decades of lead mining by Anglo-Americans left the Kabwe community in Zambia gasping for breath, literally and figuratively. The land is choked with lead dust, the air thick with ... Read more »
An inquiry into the fatal incident at South Africa's Impala Platinum (Implats) Mine at Rustenburg in the North West province, in which 11 miners died and 75 were injured on ... Read more »
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