Two miners died and three were still missing on Sunday after a seismic event hit the mine on Friday. Read more »
For five years now artisanal miners in Mubende have waited for a location license. Negotiations have seen politicians shuttling between State House and the area - but 50,000 people ... Read more »
Legal proceedings against the 72 police officers involved in the killing of 34 miners during the Marikana massacre has not yet started, five years after the tragedy, the National ... Read more »
"It's time we demand our minerals, it's time we take our land," Meshack Mbangula, national organiser of the Mining Affected Communities United in Action organisation, told hundreds ... Read more »
The international bid, which was announced two months ago, initially attracted five local and four international suppliers. The contract is to supply 700,000 tonnes of coal, to be ... Read more »
Kolekile Sipunzi, the National Union of Mineworkers general secretary, has said that the union will "fight tooth and nail with the necessary vigour" following the announcement that ... Read more »
As talks between the government and Barrick Gold Corporation over a mining dispute enter their third day, the names of Tanzanian negotiators have yet to be made public. Read more »
The government has started talks with Barrick Gold, the majority shareholders of Acacia Mining, to resolve the tax dispute and a ban on export of metallic mineral concentrates. ... Read more »
Acacia Mining shares plunged to a three-year low after the Tanzanian government demanded that the company pay almost $190 billion (Sh424 trillion) in unpaid taxes and fines. Acacia ... Read more »
At least on person has been killed and three others seriously injured when Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company Private Limited security guards fired at hundreds of illegal ... Read more »
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