Richard Jansen van Vuuren

ZAMBIA - Africa has an unfortunate history regarding colonialism. Is anyone is keeping a watchful eye on current perpetrator – China.

Ambient air pollution accounts for an estimated 4.2 million deaths per year due to stroke, heart disease, lung cancer and chronic respiratory diseases.

The 2018 DRC Mining Week conference and exhibition celebrated significant successes, with the biggest number of exhibitions and delegates ever!

Chris Hart was forced to resign from his position as an economist with a leading bank in 2016 because of a “racist” tweet he posted.

Eight of the ten deepest mines reside in a particular region of South Africa, while the remaining two - Kidd Creek and Creighton - are located in Canada. 

Last week the South African Minister of Mineral Resources, Gwede Mantashe, lambasted Implats’ decision to implement its strategic transformation

The #AshwinWillemse saga on Twitter – as innocuous as it initially seemed – has split South Africa completely in terms of racial bias.

Foreign investors in South Africa might not be feeling Ramaphoria anymore as in mid-July Cyril Ramaphosa activated a law that will startle them.

The government of Tanzania recently established a Mining Commission in accordance with its new Mining Act. This means that the government can reinstate the issuing of mining licences following the enforcing of a copper and gold concentrate ban and some draconian amendments to mining policy and legislation.