Informal mining in South Africa is here to stay. Police brutality won’t end it – here’s what will
South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: ...
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Informal mining in South Africa is here to stay
In mid-January 2024 over 1 000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in South Africa. They had been starved out by the police in Operation Vala ...
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Botswana’s leader says diamond deal reached with De Beers
Botswana’s President Duma Boko, who swept to power in October elections, said his government has reached a diamond extraction ...
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South Africa's mining industry reports lowest number of deaths last year
JOHANNESBURG, Jan 23 (Reuters) - South Africa's mining industry reported 42 deaths last year, the lowest number to date and a 24% improvement on the previous year, official statistics showed on ...
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Death of Miners in South Africa a Government Failure
Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the Buffelsfontein mine, after security officials cut off food, water ...
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Italy: Mining the world's most precious marble
The rare Carrara marble used by Michelangelo is mined in a Tuscan mega quarry at an altitude of around 1,000 meters.
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South Africa’s mining industry reports lowest number of deaths last year
South Africa’s mining industry reported 42 deaths last year, the lowest number to date and a 24% improvement on the previous year, official statistics showed on Thursday. The statistics did not ...
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New junior mining fund gaining traction
MINERALS GALORE South Africa's extensive mineralogy offers a positive environment for mining investment The newly launched Junior Mining Fund, with R400-million in capital, represents a positive ...
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South African police end mine rescue operation with at least 78 dead and 246 survivors
A miner is transported on a stretcher by rescue workers after he was rescued from below ground in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba ...