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12 Trapped In Kenyan Gold Mine Collapse
A dozen people were trapped after a gold mine in western Kenya partially collapsed, police said Tuesday. Kenya has a small mining sector compared to its neighbours. However despite rapid growth in ...
Bizcommunity on MSN21d
At least seven killed at Ghana gold mine
A Ghanaian small-scale miners' association on Sunday said soldiers killed nine unarmed people at an AngloGold Ashanti mine on Saturday night, while the army said seven illegal miners had been killed ...
The Herald13d
ZMF lobbies for local dominance in small-scale sector
Speaking at the ZMF strategic meeting in Harare last week, president Henrietta Rushwaya highlighted the need to reserve small ...
Business and Financial Times on MSN12d
Gold Board to curb smuggling, boost FX inflows - Dr. Ato Forson
Government has inaugurated the Technical Committee of the Ghana Gold Board, a step toward stabilising the nation’s currency ...
Rituals, rites and rumours: how women claim power in Zimbabwe’s informal gold mines
Spread This NewsThe Conversation In Zimbabwe they say, hanzi bhande rinonzvenga vakadzi vakapinda mumigoghi (The gold belt ...
Reuters23d
At least seven people killed by army at Ghana's AngloGold Ashanti mine
local chairman of the Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners, told Reuters that nine people had been killed and fourteen severely injured in the incident at the Obuasi gold mining site ...
Al Jazeera English20d
As gold prices surge, Ghana faces ‘looming crisis’ over illegal mining
Formerly called the “Gold Coast”, the West African nation is bending under pressure from widespread, incessant small-scale mining of the shiny metal. Much of that artisanal activity falls unde ...
Mining23d
At least seven killed by army at Ghana’s AngloGold Ashanti mine
local chairman of the Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners, told Reuters that nine people had been killed and fourteen severely injured in the incident at the Obuasi gold mining site ...