For now, that means that African trade will continue to be externally orientated and support economies based on extraction.

While Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana's budget delivered on Thursday, 12 March, provides some welcome support to the mining ...

ASX-listed unhedged gold mining company West African Resources has reported positive results of resource estimation and scoping studies for a potential underground development beneath the Toega ...

Several countries united with campaign groups on Monday to call for caution in regulating the divisive practice of deep-sea mining at a meeting on the issue in Jamaica.

By: Karen Olivier - Business Manager at Waco Modular The demand for fast and affordable accommodation in Africa's mining ...

The West Africa Action Network on Small Arms has observed a weak regulatory regime for small arms and light weapons are ...

Exxaro Resources , a South African coal miner, said it has appointed veteran mining executive Ben Magara as its new CEO ...

Open-cast mining, where coal is dug out of the ground through a giant, open pit, destroys habitats. South Africa has many of ...

Mali has suspended licenses for artisanal gold mining due to several fatal accidents at mining sites. The move specifically ...

South Africa’s productive sectors began the year on a slippery slope as both mining and manufacturing output plunged in January on the back of persistent economic constraints. Data from ...

South African mining magnate Patrice Motsepe was re-elected unopposed as Confederation of African Football president at the ...