Khadidja Hassane Abdoulaye, Secretary of State for Petroleum, Mines and Geology at Chad’s Ministry of Mines and Geology, has joined the upcoming African Mining Week conference as a speaker. Taking ...

Scientists say Africa is slowly splitting in two due to molten rock pulses beneath Ethiopia, potentially forming a new ocean ...

Spaces are filling up fast for two unique San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy programs, one near home and one in Africa.

SOUTH AFRICA, paradise of geologists, continues touring forth its treasures. For many generations it has supplied the world with gold, diamonds, platinum and corundum, while in recent years the ...

THUNGELA Resources reported higher-than-forecast operating costs at its coal mines for the year-to-date (end-May) owing to ...

South Africa plans to unveil a new online mining registry next month, a long-delayed move toward greater transparency that ...

Discover how a new study from the University of Bonn reveals that South Africa's landmass is rising by 6mm due to drought and water loss, challenging previous geological assumptions.

This volume, write the authors, F.H. Hatch and G.S. Corstorphine, is an attempt to correlate and systematize the valuable results of both official and private work in the Transvaal, Cape Colony ...

South Africa can dare to dream. With Aiden Markram and Temba Bavuma playing the most significant innings of their careers, ...

A 444 million-year-old fossil unearthed in South Africa details a new species of arthropod that was fossilized inside-out, according to the study published in the journal Palaeontology last week. 3 ...

Nigeria and South Africa have signed an accord to boost cooperation in mining, Nigeria's mines minister said on Thursday, highlighting Abuja's push to diversify its economy away from oil.

Relations between Rwanda and South Africa have soured as security deteriorates in eastern DR Congo. As the violence escalates, both regional powers seem unable to build bridges.