South Africa is in need of a massive power plant construction programme if it wants to ensure adequate electricity supplies up to 2050. That’s according to a new planning document…
To meet their green agendas, the European Union, United States, and China are engaged in the modern-day equivalent of a gold rush. This time, though, fortune seekers aren’t panning for…
The Sentinel open-pit copper mine. (Image courtesy of First Quantum Minerals.) Canadian miner First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM), which is reeling from the forced closure of its flagship copper mine in Panama, is said…
Gold, a stunning yellow metal, is the epitome of value in human society. It is omnipresent in the world, whether it be in the form of gold coins used in…
Operation against illegal mining in Pará, Brazil. (Image by the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources IBAMA, Flickr.) Deep in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil is fighting destructive wildcat gold mining as…
Rescue operation at El Pinabete mine in Mexico. (Screenshot from Las Estrellas | NMás, YouTube.) Mexican authorities have located remains from two of the 10 coal miners trapped and killed at the El Pinabete…
It has been a season of exuberance in Mozambique. Commencement of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports in November 2022 ignited hopes of an economic renaissance for one of the world’s…
MTN’s 5G mining deployment is making waves in South Africa as the coal industry moves towards ground-breaking digitisation. The giant has rolled out 5G operations across more than seven mines…
More than 2,200 miners working in platinum mines on Monday launched the fourth underground protest to hit the South African mining industry in less than two months. Operations have been…
Inyosi Coals Zibulo Colliery in South Africa. Image from Anglo American. A collaboration between EY and Africa Business has produced an inaugural ranking that evaluates mining companies in Africa, emphasizing their local…