Mining & Energy

As India and Brazil forge a bilateral mining pact targeting $20 billion in trade, the industry faces a deeper crisis: one in three mining graduates now reject extraction careers, choosing analyst roles over underground work.

Five miners trapped following mudslide at South African diamond operation enter sixth day underground as labor unions challenge fatality assumptions and demand intensified rescue protocols.

Five miners remain trapped following a mudslide at South Africa's Ekapa diamond mine, with rescue operations continuing as the National Union of Metalworkers rejects suggestions the workers have perished.

South African Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe expressed grave concerns that five miners trapped underground may have perished, following a Friday morning inspection visit that revealed the deteriorating prospects of a rescue operation.

Community members in Kimberley gathered for a candlelight vigil as rescue teams continue efforts to locate miners trapped underground since a mud rush incident earlier this week, highlighting ongoing safety challenges in the region's mining operations.

Nigerian experts have identified carbon monoxide poisoning as the probable cause of recent miner fatalities in Plateau State, exposing systemic ventilation deficiencies in the country's informal mining sector.

A carbon monoxide poisoning incident that killed 37 miners in Plateau state has exposed critical safety gaps in Nigeria's mining sector, even as a new $2 billion financing group led by former UN officials promises to transform the industry.

A suspected carbon monoxide poisoning event at an artisanal mining site in Kampani Zurak, Wase Local Government Area, has killed dozens of miners, prompting immediate site closure and a federal investigation into safety compliance failures.

A federal investigation team has reached Wase mining community in Plateau State following a fatal carbon monoxide poisoning that claimed 37 lives, marking one of Nigeria's deadliest mining accidents in recent years.

Informal gold mining operations driven by economic hardship are proliferating in Springs while five miners remain trapped underground in Kimberley, highlighting the dual crises of safety and illegal extraction plaguing South Africa's mining sector.

US mining company Kobold Metals, backed by tech billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, is seeking access to historical geological data housed in Belgium's Royal Museum for Central Africa to advance exploration activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Zimbabwe's gold sector advances with US$150 million Shamva redevelopment and new resource declarations, while a deadly explosion at a Plateau State mine underscores persistent safety challenges across Africa's artisanal and small-scale mining operations.

Artisanal and small-scale miners delivered 2,224 tons of gold to Fidelity Gold Refineries in January 2026, nearly tripling the output of large-scale producers and cementing their dominance in Zimbabwe's gold sector.

A fatal incident at an underground mining operation in Wase Local Government Area claimed 33 lives and hospitalized 25 workers following carbon monoxide exposure, exposing systemic ventilation failures in Nigeria's artisanal and small-scale mining sector.

A carbon monoxide leak in Nigeria, an explosion in Plateau State killing over 30, and a mud rush trapping five miners in South Africa have reignited calls for stricter enforcement of mining safety protocols across the continent.