The company said two employees died at Doornkop Mine, where all blasting operations have been temporarily suspended, and ...

South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: ...

Labour unions are demanding increased safety measures after five Harmony Gold miners lost their lives in two separate ...

The South African mining industry contributed 6% of the country’s total nominal GDP during the first three quarters of last ...

South Africa’s government is facing criticism for its clampdown on illegal mining that cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground, after at least 78 bodies were pulled from a shaft ...

A new report from coloured gemstones miner Gemfields on the emerald, ruby and sapphire markets “… serves as a reminder of how ...

Months after South Africa’s government began an operation to flush out hundreds of people from an illegal gold mine near Johannesburg, police pulled out 60 bodies as part of a search-and-rescue ...

Harmony said the causes of these two unrelated incidents were currently under investigation, both internally and by the ...

“Ruthless toward the Zama Zamas and community.” As the mining industry shrank in South Africa and mine owners began to abandon unprofitable sites, Zama Zamas started digging through what ...

A 2022 satellite photo shows a shimmering trail of dried, chemically-enriched mud left behind by a torrent of wastewater that ...

Five people were killed in incidents at two of Harmony Gold’s South African mines, the company reported on Wednesday. Three ...

Five people were killed in incidents at two of Harmony Gold’s South African mines, the company reported on Wednesday. Three ...