Deep in the heart of a lush green forest, an excavator is hard at work, turning over the earth in search of gold. The surrounding landscape is devastated — centuries-old trees have been uprooted, and ...

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VEDANTA Resources, the London-based parent company of Vedanta Ltd, has appointed South African mining executive Deshnee ...

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Liberia has officially submitted its "National Energy Compact" for financing consideration by the African Development Bank, the World Bank, and other global financing partners at the ongoing World ...

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A second miner has died in hospital after being pulled alive from an illegal South African gold mine from which 87 bodies were extracted, the government said Friday.