5 articles tagged with “gold mining”
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.
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.
Nigerian policymakers are pursuing multiple economic development strategies, focusing on formalizing artisanal gold mining, reviving the textile industry, and strengthening state revenue generation mechanisms to address persistent fiscal challenges.
Unemployed residents in Springs, east of Johannesburg, have descended on scarred mining land in a desperate bid for economic survival, reviving the informal gold extraction that has long haunted South Africa's mineral-rich communities.