From South Africa's arid Northern Cape to Brazil's Amazon, industrial giants are under growing pressure for tax ...

Since the coronavirus forced his school to close in March, Papin has been working six days a week at a diamond mine in the Central African Republic (CAR) - hauling sacks of mud and rubble under a hot ...

Mining can be dangerous, exploitative and harmful to the environment. Chie Murakami’s organization is aiming to change that by raising awareness and addressing the needs of miners. By Vivian Morelli ...

A 170-carat pink diamond discovered in Angola may be the largest such gemstone found in 300 years, according to Australian miner Lucapa Diamond Company. Named the "Lulo Rose," the diamond was found at ...

GABORONE, Botswana — The largest diamond found in more than a century has been unearthed at a mine in Botswana, and the country’s president showed off the fist-sized stone to the world at a viewing ...

A diamond miner works in a mine in Mbuji Mayi, Congo, July 31, 2006 (AP photo by Schalk van Zuydam). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) ...

Founded by white mining magnates, the Rand Club mirrors South Africa’s rise and fall as the capital of the global gold ...

For years, shy little Sir Ernest Oppenheimer left aides breathless as he raced down into South Africa’s mines or whisked surefootedly around the crags of high finance. “There’s a special place in hell ...

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Now that its 40%-owned AK6 project, in Botswana, was on track to start production next year, Aim-listed African Diamonds would resume evaluation work on its other ...

Tijl Vanneste is a historian at The Institute of Contemporary History in Nova University, Lisbon. Speaking from Portugal with ...