About 6,100 closed mines are distributed across the country. Although closed, they are not sealed. Residual gold remains in ...
In mid-January 2024 over 1 000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in ...
Industrial mining employs 7 million globally. but artisanal and small scale miners comprise at least 45 million people across ...
allAfrica.com on MSN3d
South Africa: 78 Miners Found Starved and Dehydrated to Death in South African Police Operation Against Unlicensed MiningThe bodies of 78 dead miners have been retrieved from a shaft in Buffelsfontein mine's Shaft 11 after being trapped underground since last August by the South African police who cut-off food and water ...
Inquirer on MSN12d
The perils of South Africa’s illegal mining sectorThe derelict Stilfontein shaft, which became a hell hole for hundreds of trapped miners, is just one of 6,000 that have been ...
David van Wyk sees transforming abandoned mines into development facilities as a solution to illegal mining, creating jobs ...
The national crackdown against illegal mining began in late 2023, in part spurred by the rise of violent crime in communities ...
A South African bishop called for the government to formalise the activities of small-scale mining operations after scores of ...
The newly launched Junior Mining Fund, with its R400-million of capital, represents a positive development despite its relative modesty, reports mining industry lobby association Minerals Council ...
This aerial view shows an open mine shaft where artisanal miners get access ... many now shuttered. South Africa was once the ...
The South African on MSN13d
BIG READ: The perils of South Africa’s illegal mining sectorThe derelict Stilfontein shaft is just one of 6 000 that have been abandoned by South Africa's gold extraction companies.
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