In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...

A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader known as “Tiger” escaped from custody with help from police officers after ...

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Niger State, Jonathan Vatsa, has stated that the two most lucrative ...

Massive illegal mining operations that lasted for mere months left scars deeper than its brief operations in Surigao City, ...

Minister Gwede Mantashe. Archive photo: GCIS/flickr. Illegal mining is waging war on the South African economy, with the illicit trade costing the country at least R60b in 2024. This is according ...

In challenging economic and geopolitical times, investors bet on gold for its ability to store value. Gold prices hit record ...

AS the dust settles from a recent government-sponsored rescue mission in Stilfontein, the pervasive issue of illegal mining continues to cast a long shadow over the North West province of South ...

A former governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomole, on Friday, accused some unnamed retired military generals of complicity in illegal mining activities going on across the country. Oshiomole ...

The Minister nominee for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has issued a strong warning against illegal mining, stating that the government will take decisive action against ...

The Senate, on Friday, accused some unnamed retired military generals as being behind the numerous illegal mining activities taking place across the country. This is even as it recommended the sum ...

Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has described illegal mining in South Africa as a war being waged against the country. He reaffirmed the State’s zero-tolerance stance on ...

Colonel Sinothi Ndaba of the Benoni SAPS and deputy district commissioner Brigadier Lebohang Machakela, confirmed on January 23, that the illegal mining operation would start today. The illegal ...