mining regulation

Zimbabwe's Reserve Bank has imposed a 10% export surrender requirement on small-scale gold miners while maintaining 30% for large exporters, as authorities move to formalize artisanal mining revenue capture amid rising commodity prices and a lithium concentrate export suspension.

A mining pit collapse in Nigeria's Ebonyi State killed three workers and injured four, while illegal miners in Zimbabwe confronted a legislator over unresolved grievances, underscoring persistent safety enforcement failures and labor tensions across Africa's artisanal mining sector.

A federal investigation team has reached Wase mining community in Plateau State following a fatal carbon monoxide poisoning that claimed 37 lives, marking one of Nigeria's deadliest mining accidents in recent years.

Gold prices remained range-bound in thin trading volumes as markets awaited critical US PCE inflation data, while Kenyan authorities charged a Nairobi forex trader in a Sh32 million fraud scheme involving claims of processing 495kg of gold for export.

Nigeria's Solid Minerals Minister ordered immediate closure of an abandoned lead mining site in Plateau State after toxic gas emissions killed 37 miners and hospitalized 25 others, prompting forensic investigation into safety failures.