Mining

Central African Republic gold mine collapses, 49 confirmed killed, more still missing

A prosecutor confirmed there had been a mine collapse in the village of Zamboye near the border with Cameroon but said the number of deaths and other details were still being established.

|ByREUTERS
A still from a video taken of a collapse of a gold mine in the Central African Republic on August 20 2026
Angolan flag.

Twenty-eight killed by landslide at illegal Angolan gold mine

According to Angolan authorities, those killed were aged between 16 and 35 years old, with a total of four people rescued.

|ByREUTERS
During an archaeological survey, researchers from the Maritime Encounters, University of Gothenburg, identified six previously unregistered Bronze Age mines in Spain, May 23, 2026.

Six previously unknown Bronze Age mines found in Spain, some 150 more remain ‘undiscovered’

The six mines may help explain the source of the metal used in Bronze Age Scandinavian artifacts. 

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Israeli businessman Dan Gertler.

Dutch prosecutors drop Samos case against Israeli businessman Dan Gertler

The decision adds to a broader pattern of legal cases falling away around Gertler after years of scrutiny tied to mining deals in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

|ByMOSHE HELLER

Largest ever lithium reserves discovered near Nevada, US - study

Conservationists and local tribal groups, whose land the mining takes place on, objected to the project.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Men work as Zimbabwe's re-elected President Emmerson Mnangagwa commissions a Chinese owned Sabi Star lithium processing plant in Buhera, Zimbabwe August 31, 2023.