Artisanal Mining

At least 28 people were killed when a landslide struck an illegal gold mining site in Angola's northwestern Bengo province, local authorities said, in one of the country's deadliest illegal mining... 

Zambia's State investment firm ZCCM-IH said on Monday it had formed a joint venture with Mining Mineral Resources to explore for and mine gold, as the copper-producing African country seeks to... 

A sustainability bond aimed at integrating artisanal miners into formal supply chains will be piloted by a Canada-based advisory firm and a mid-tier Zambian copper miner this year, the firms said.... 

By President of the Junior Mining Council Fred Arendse  A continental shift in mineral governance 

Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) Africa subsidiary Boss Mining has urged authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to take the necessary measures to stop illegal activities and restore... 

Democratic Republic of Congo's State-owned gold trading house plans to boost the volume of metal it sells from the country's artisanal mining sector to 15 metric tons this year, with the central... 

The explosion of illegal mining and its immeasurable economic and social effects have been at a critical point for many years. The annual Mine Security conference, hosted in Johannesburg, is one of... 

In response to media reports of citizens digging up parts of the Gugulethu section of the Payneville informal settlement in Springs, Ekurhuleni, seeking to find gold-bearing material, the... 

Diamond miner De Beers Group’s GemFair and De Beers London have announced the launch of their capsule jewellery collection featuring ethically sourced artisanal diamonds. In a January 23 media... 

World Diamond Council (WDC) president Feriel Zerouki opened the 2025 Kimberley Process (KP) plenary with a decisive call for participants to support a modernised definition of conflict diamonds,... 

The Democratic Republic of Congo has extended for six months a ban on the trading of minerals from dozens of artisanal mining sites in conflict-hit North and South Kivu provinces, the mines... 

Around 30 people were killed at a semi-industrial copper mine in southeastern Congo on Saturday after a bridge collapsed, the country's artisanal mining agency said. An agency official told Reuters... 

The State cobalt agency in Democratic Republic of Congo has produced its first 1,000 metric tons of traceable artisanal cobalt, a key step in formalizing the sector in a country that supplies much... 

Guinea has charged 60 people with arson, theft and murder after a deadly riot at the privately-owned Weily Mining firm in the northeastern gold-producing Siguiri region, prosecutors said on Friday....