South African soldiers deployed to high-crime areas have dismantled illegal gold mining operations in a community near ...

Environmental activists in South Africa have been waging legal battles against the state and mining companies for years. This is often on the grounds that communities haven’t been consulted before ...

Ghana is assessing three bids from local investors to take over Gold Fields’ Damang gold mine, which requires up to $1bn of investment to revive, the mining regulator told Reuters, nearly a year after ...

The project aims to restart historical underground gold mines in Mpumalanga, a prolific gold-mining region. The project is targeting the Beta, Rietfontein, Frankfort and Clewer-Dukes Hill-Morgenzon ...

South Africa is set to open its first new underground gold mine in 15 years – an increasingly rare event for a country that was once the world’s largest producer of the precious metal. West Wits ...

While the country is Africa’s largest exporter of mineral products, companies are spending even smaller amounts on prospecting.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's president said Thursday that the country would send its troops into communities to help police fight the scourge of illegal mining and gang violence in its two ...

Harmony Gold Mining Co. shares dropped after the largest producer of South African gold warned of rising costs, even as record bullion prices pushed up profit. The Johannesburg-based company expects ...

Nearly a third of the 260 miners stuck underground following an accident at a Sibanye-Stillwater SSWJ.J gold mine in South Africa were brought to the surface on Friday, the company said, as a senior ...