2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (564+ words) Business explainer South African Mining Output Tumbles 7.5% South Africa’s mining output fell 7.5% year-on-year in July, far steeper than the 4.0% decline economists had forecast and an acceleration from June’s revised 4.3% drop and May’s 5.1% contraction. On a seasonally adjusted month-on-month basis, output…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (129+ words) Police are investigating the death of 46-year-old miner Sceon Elias of Victoria Village, East Coast Demerara, who succumbed to injuries days after he was allegedly wounded during an incident at Toroparo Backdam, Middle Mazaruni River. According to police, the incident…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (136+ words) Mining production in South Africa plunged by 7.5% year-on-year in July 2026, after an upwardly revised 4.3% drop in June and worse than analysts' forecasts of a 2.8% slump. The latest decline extended South Africa’s mining downturn to three consecutive months and was the…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (232+ words) Ten suspects were arrested, and an AK-47 rifle recovered, during an Operation Prosper raid at Kloof Gold Mine in Westonaria on Tuesday, September 8. The operation was conducted by the police, the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and other stakeholders…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (947+ words) Informal gold miners working around old mine dumps between Nyakallong and Allanridge in the Free State say they risk exposure to mine dust, mercury and other chemicals while trying to earn enough money to support their families. Sometimes his wife…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (521+ words) RUSTENBURG — More than 1,100 workers and contractors face an uncertain future at Sibanye Stillwater’s Kwezi platinum shaft near Rustenburg after the mining group began a formal restructuring process that could bring a 24 year mining operation to an end as economically viable…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (731+ words) In Bapong, a mining village in North West province, several homes are now surrounded by massive pits dug by illegal miners using excavators. Residents say they were offered money in exchange for access to mine chrome, with some allegedly agreeing…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (75+ words) Zambia News Diggers! 4 illegal miners die in Luapula You must be a member to access this content. - HH will appoint Cabinet at his own time – State House Do you agree that child defilers should be castrated? HH has set the…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (354+ words) A 55-year-old man died after the walls of a suspected mining shaft collapsed on him in Khwisero, Kakamega County. Julius Okello was alone inside the approximately seven-metre-deep pit when the topsoil caved in, trapping him underneath. Members of the public…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1062+ words) Behind South Africa’s chrome riches lies a shadow economy where migrants and unemployed workers face deadly conditions. Rustenburg, South Africa – On August 13, a wall of soil collapsed and killed 14 miners, most of whom were believed to be undocumented migrants, at…...