The Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, the scene of the disaster ... Zimbabwe and Lesotho, and were in South Africa illegally. Police said they seized gold, explosives, firearms and more than $2 million ...

In 2024 South Africa blockaded access to the Buffelsfontein gold mine west of Johannesburg, cutting off food and water in an attempt to force hundreds of miners to the surface.

A map of a gold mine in Buffelsfontein, South Africa: Illegal mining is common in parts of gold-rich South Africa where companies close down mines that are no longer profitable, leaving groups of ...

Government is set to engage top-level executives of Gold Fields today, April 22, 2025, for critical discussions aimed at ensuring a smooth transition of the Damang Mine in the Western Region.

Ghana and Gold Fields have reached an agreement on a transitional plan for Damang mine, the West African country's presidency ...

South African authorities may begin holding pauper's funerals next month for 66 unclaimed corpses from 78 found in a gold mine in Stilfontein, North West province, in January, a health official said.

Jwaneng Diamond Mine: Russia is the largest producer of diamonds worldwide, and also boasts the largest diamond mine found on the planet. However, the world’s richest diamond mine is not located ...

Harmony Gold Mining Co. is a South African gold mining and exploration company that has operations in South Africa and Papua New Guinea. The company has several mining projects — including ...

Last week, Ghana assumed operational control of the mine after it rejected an application from the South African ... is the smaller of Gold Fields' two operations in Ghana, Africa's leading ...

gold, and copper mine in South Africa. The two completed independent studies consist of an updated Feasibility Study on the Phase 2 expansion to 4.1 Mtpa of processing capacity (4.1 Mtpa FS), and ...

"This is leading to de-industrialisation as the few industries that emerged in South Africa mainly served the mines. This, in turn, is causing the collapse of mining towns, massive unemployment ...

In a recent paper I examined the links between banditry, gold mining, violence and elite ... This approach has been used in Nigeria and in South Africa, among other countries in the world.