MTN, China Telecom, Huawei launch Africa’s largest 5G-enabled smart mineIssued by HuaweiJohannesburg, 23 Jan 20255G technology will enhance the mine's productivity, safety and sustainability. (Image: ...

South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: ...

Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the ...

Lucy Hedges explores Cape Verde, an archipelago of islands off the coast of West Africa, which has become a popular holiday destination thanks to its year round sunshine. While most tourists don't ...

In a significant diplomatic visit, Lord Collins of Highbury, the UK Minister for Africa, toured the Jwaneng Mine, one of the world's richest diamond mines, operated by Debswana. This visit underscores ...

GOVERNMENT officials in Zimbabwe have been scrutinizing a Chinese mining company that has been operating a gold mine in the country’s east since at least 2021. The scrutiny comes as residents ...

A subsidiary of Barrick Gold Corp. ABX-T is losing millions of dollars as a result of “illegal and dangerous incursions” by Tanzanian villagers who are often armed with spears and machetes ...

Parts of Cape Breton were expected to be slammed with 100 centimetres of snow between Sunday and Monday, according to CBC meteorologist Ryan Snoddon. Inverness and Victoria counties were forecast ...

Most of Prince Edward Island is expected to escape the brunt of a storm that could leave up to 90 centimetres of snow farther east across the Northumberland Strait in the Cape Breton Highlands by ...

Nobel Prize winner Robert Shiller popularized the cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings (CAPE) ratio. CAPE compares stock prices with earnings smoothed across multiple years, which provides a ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The price of gold is set to rise further in 2025, say Wall Street analysts, although the pace of gains is ...

A vast wave of earth slid from the heap leech facility at Victoria Gold’s Eagle Gold Mine on June 24, 2024. This event would expose cyanide-drenched ore to the wider environment and the Yukon’s entire ...