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South African police say ringleader in illegal gold mining disaster allowed to escape by officers
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about a week after resurfacing from a disused mine in South Africa where 246 ...
Can Africa Profit From Soaring Gold?
Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world ...
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South Africa police search for gold mine gangster 'Tiger'
South African authorities have launched a manhunt for James Neo Tshoaeli, a gangster known by the nickname "Tiger," as well as an investigation to find out who in the South African police force ...
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Buried Beneath Gold: The Risky Race to Rescue Trapped Miners
The desperate mission to save two trapped illegal miners at the abandoned Rand Leases gold mine in Roodepoort has hit a ...
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South Africa’s Worst State-Sponsored Massacre Since Apartheid
In a staggering display of cruelty, South African police laid siege to an illegal gold mine near Johannesburg, leaving at ...
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The perils of South Africa’s illegal mining sector
is just one of 6,000 that have been abandoned by South Africa’s gold extraction companies. The vast Witwatersrand goldfield, where the Stilfontein mine is located, was the focus of a heady gold ...
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Koné project in Côte d’Ivoire is Africa’s biggest new gold mine in a world short of new supply of the yellow metal
In a world where new gold mines have become few and far between, Montage Gold’s Koné project in Côte d’Ivoire, the biggest new gold project in Africa ... top 20 nations. South African ...