South Africa's cabinet has approved participation in an international effort to boost the marketing of real diamonds, ...

The operation is an extension of Operation Vala Umgodi that began with the Stilfontein massacre in January, where 90 miners died after police surrounded an abandoned mine, cutting off food supplies ...

Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni announces high-level discussions between South Africa and Nigeria aimed at revitalising trade, ...

South Africa, historically one of the world's leading producers of high-quality diamonds, has seen demand slump and prices ...

PETRA Diamonds on Friday announced it had agreed with noteholders and lenders to refinance the company – an emergency measure ...

Gayton McKenzie's son Calvin Le John is selling off shares to the family's diamond mines, which he used to purchase Siwelele ...

The exploitation of South Africa’s large mineral endowment explains the relative development of its economy; at the same time ...

The weight would make it the largest diamond found in 119 years and the second-largest ever dug out of a mine after the Cullinan Diamond that was discovered in South Africa in 1905. The famous ...

Between 250 and 300 permanent and contracted workers at Lesotho’s largest diamond mine, Letšeng Diamonds, are expected to ...

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's government says it won't help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's North West province who have been denied access to basic supplies as ...

South Africa's mining output has fallen further below pre-pandemic levels due to persistent electricity outages and rail disruptions, industry data shows, threatening dividend payouts to investors.

Teaming with American Engineer W. L. Honnold, he went to London, explained the gold-mining possibilities of South Africa’s East Rand district, persuaded J. P. Morgan & Co. and other firms to ...