Theta Gold Mines has raised another US$6m in addition to a US$34m debt and equity raise announced earlier this month ... Read ...

In a recent study published in the journal Biogeosciences, scientists have confirmed that mercury pollution from artisanal ...

ROODEPOORT, South Africa (AP) – Julius Mthembu’s mud-spattered face lit up as he held a tin pan and pointed to the glimmering flecks of hope lying among sand and water: gold. The find meant the ...

That’s how an unknown number of unauthorized miners — believed to be in the hundreds — have been surviving for weeks, possibly months, over a mile deep underground in a disused mine shaft in the South ...

With the gold price having surged above $4 000/oz for the first time ever on October 8, South African gold producers are ...

Despite the historically low input costs, South Africa’s mining sector recorded a drop in production in August 2025.

Gold giant Newmont has named its South African-born COO, Natascha Viljoen, as its next president and CEO—a first in the ...

A relentless surge in the price of gold is delivering windfalls across emerging markets, boosting investor confidence in ...

Hundreds of illegal miners are trapped underground in a derelict Stilfontein mine in South Africa. While the human cost has sparked outrage, questions remain over who is responsible for the escalating ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Sleeping next to decomposing corpses and surviving on a foul mixture of toothpaste mixed with toilet paper. That's how an unknown number of unauthorized miners — believed ...

New research reveals airborne mercury from unregulated gold mining is contaminating African food crops directly through the ...