"Traditional financing of new ventures in the African mining sector has become increasingly challenging over the past decade," says Wildu du Plessis, a partner at Alchemy. “A variety of non-banking ...

With the adoption of new technology in the industry, AI is becoming a powerful tool for analyzing data of all kinds in the mining ... India, South Korea, Australia, Rest of Asia-Pacific), and LAMEA ...

Forensic service workers carry bodies in blue body bags during a rescue operation to rescue miners from below ground in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.

Sulphuric acid is typically injected into the aquifer rock that contains the uranium to dissolve it. The mine then pumps out the aquifer water and removes the uranium. The process repeats until ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP ... come out of the mine before the official rescue operation. Police announced Wednesday that they were ending the operation after three days and believed ...

Mnguni said that the more than 500 miners still underground were in different places in the mine, which is one of the deepest in South Africa at 2. ... through tunnels for 3-4 days risking their ...