In a recent study published in the journal Biogeosciences, scientists have confirmed that mercury pollution from artisanal ...

When Ghanaian President John Mahama returned to power in January, he made fighting galamsey a signature policy. He banned ...

That’s how an unknown number of unauthorized miners — believed to be in the hundreds — have been surviving for weeks, possibly months, over a mile deep underground in a disused mine shaft in the South ...

China's M&A activity focuses on Africa and Latin America for gold, copper and lithium resources. Read more here.

GOING FOR GOLD The processing plant at the relatively young Séguéla Mine, in Côte d’Ivoire, owned by Fortuna Mining, is one of many new operations the company is investing in on the African continent ...

With the gold price having surged above $4 000/oz for the first time ever on October 8, South African gold producers are ...

Barrick said the sale of the Tongon mine in Africa will strengthen the company’s balance sheet while starting a new chapter ...

In South Africa, home to the world’s deepest gold mines, stocks are on track for the best year in two decades.

SURGING gold prices are generating substantial benefits across emerging economies, strengthening investor confidence in ...

The combined company aims to produce 400,000+ ounces of gold yearly by 2029, with 9.5M ounces in resources and 4.5M in ...

Raymond Kazapoe receives funding from the African Union and Pan African University to carry out some of the research referenced in this article Militaries that have taken power in Africa’s Sahel ...