In South Africa last month, 78 gold diggers died in an underground rescue effort. The illegal miners, locally referred to as ...

Their calls add to growing pressure on government to make artisanal and small-scale mining a safe and transparent sector that ...

Both supply and demand can affect the price of gold. But which one drives prices higher? Here's what experts think.

Energy Minister John Abdulai Jinapor has cast doubt on the transparency of the Gold-for-Oil (G4O) programme, stating that the ...

The reason why poor rural folk keep flocking into a sector with such exploitative working conditions is clear: the lack of ...