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 »
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 »
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 »
A controversial plan to mine coal on the southern boundary of the Kruger National Park has been revived, raising concerns about what this means for the country's best-known ... Read more »
Thaba Telle Mining Company became the first locally-owned company to be awarded diamond mining rights in Lesotho. The Chief executive officer, Lehlohonolo Nthontho, says the firm ... Read more »
Marange diamond fields villagers have decided to take matters into their own hands by protesting over the looting of diamond revenue, destruction of the environment and human ... Read more »
The traditional healer believed to have performed protection rituals on protesting Lonmin mineworkers in Marikana, North West, has been shot dead. He was meant to testify at the ... 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 »
According to GroundUp, just over half of the claims in a long-running U.S.$759,802 (R14.25 million) "SLAPP" defamation action, brought by Australian mining interests Read more »
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