Barrick's proposal to take full control of its African unit to resolve a long-standing tax dispute with Tanzania has drawn the ire of Acacia's minority shareholders.

The report identifies agricultural cooperatives as an alternative to artisanal mining.

Zambia is Africa's second-largest copper producer, with copper mining accounting for around 70% of foreign currency earnings.

Illegal miners will be removed from the site of the Glencore project where at least 43 died last week.

In the past 23 years, Banro Corp. had its Congo gold assets seized, got them back, built two mines, closed one after attacks by militants and sought bankruptcy protection.

In a three-year partnership, supported by a R6-million Gold Fields grant in 2017, a range of research projects are underway at both post-graduate and under-graduate level in the Wits School of Mining Engineering.

A new study found “massive failures” by the Department of Water & Sanitation to effectively regulate water licenses.

The AMCU plans to meet Anglo American Platinum on July 9, followed by Impala Platinum on July 10 and Sibanye Gold the day after that.