In this article, Dr John Bristow of the Overberg Geoscientists Group writes about the centenary of diamond prospecting and ...

The clampdown on illegal mining cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground. At least 78 bodies were pulled from ...

Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...

Hundreds are still trapped at the Stilfontein gold mine, a rights group said. Authorities tried to flush out the miners by ...

South Africa’s State Diamond Trader will be presenting an inaugural diamond show in Cape Town from February 2 to 5. Each day ...

Stilfontein, South Africa - January 14, 2025 The operation to rescue illegal miners trapped for weeks underground in the ...

Operation Vala Umgodi members, including SA Police Service, South African National ... were apprehended for illegal mining, possession of suspected unpolished diamonds, undocumented persons ...

The Critical Minerals Africa conference – hosted in Cape Town and organized by energy Capital&Power (ECP) ( ) – has been rebranded to African mining Week (AMW). This move reflects the integrated ...

has unveiled the names chosen of the two largest diamonds recovered this year at its prolific Karowe mine in Botswana. The 2,488 carat diamond found in August has been named Motswedi, meaning “w ...

PETRA Diamonds has embarked on a fresh round of restructuring at its South African mines and has deferred a refinancing plan ...