Tag: mining industry

In Stilfontein, a town in the North West province of South Africa, a large-scale kidnapping has taken place. Armed criminals have taken hundreds of illegal miners hostage in an abandoned gold mine and are...

According to Reuters, the Malian junta is demanding at least 300 billion CFA francs (512 million dollars) in unpaid taxes and dividends from the Canadian company Barrick Gold, which operates the Loulo-Gounkoto mines in...