The government is drafting legislation for the mining of strategic minerals with two committees already in place to deal with the matter. Read more »
Tensions over a protracted strike by platinum miners remain high despite legal attempts by parties to broker a wage agreement. Read more »
The government has ordered the closure of an illegal mine which collapsed, killing more than ten miners. Read more »
Key witness Captain Paul Bismark Loest testified that there was an eight-second gap between the teargas and rubber bullets fired by public order police officers against the ... Read more »
Three platinum producing companies will oppose a court application by mineworkers' union Amcu ordering them to cease direct communication with its members over attempts to produce ... Read more »
A Dubai company has finally started rolling out payment for the country's auctioned diamonds amid fears that the delay already crippled mining operations. Read more »
The UN Security Council has voted to lift a ban on the importation of rough diamonds from Cote d' Ivoire. The council also amended its arms embargo on the country to allow for the ... Read more »
The government has withdrawn Gye Nyame Resources' mining licence over the company's non-performance and failure to account for revenue from diamod sales. Read more »
Police used stun grenades and a water cannon to disperse rioters in the platinum belt after sports minister Fikile Mbalula was attacked by protesters alleged to be members of the ... Read more »
Following a major transatlantic investigation into what has been dubbed "the deal of the century" involving Israeli mining billionaire Beny Steinmetz, a Guinean government ... Read more »
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