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Prospecting

Battle is on to save KZN’s 100-year-old Ndumo Game Reserve from coal and oil shale drilling

Our Burning Planet, DM168

Battle is on to save KZN’s 100-year-old Ndumo Game Reserve from coal and oil shale drilling

by: Tony Carnie

Mpumalanga has become a coveted coal black hole for SA mining applications

Business Maverick, South Africa, Maverick News

Mpumalanga has become a coveted coal black hole for SA mining applications

by: Ed Stoddard

‘Gentleman’s agreement’: Despite mining ban, Russia scours Antarctica for massive fossil fuel deposits

South Africa, World, Our Burning Planet

‘Gentleman’s agreement’: Despite mining ban, Russia scours Antarctica for massive fossil fuel deposits

by: Tiara Walters

Alert sounded over mining prospectors eyeing treasures of last unspoilt strip along Western Cape's west coast

South Africa, Our Burning Planet, Maverick News

Alert sounded over mining prospectors eyeing treasures of last unspoilt strip along Western Cape's west coast

by: John Yeld

Rock, paper, schisms: Mining and forestry industries draw swords over Zululand titanium mine plans

South Africa, Our Burning Planet, Maverick News

Rock, paper, schisms: Mining and forestry industries draw swords over Zululand titanium mine plans

by: Tony Carnie

After the Bell: Botswana transparently displays what SA’s DMRE may reluctantly provide

Business Maverick, South Africa

After the Bell: Botswana transparently displays what SA’s DMRE may reluctantly provide

by: Ed Stoddard

Director-general Thabo Mokoena steps down from the wreckage that is the DMRE

Business Maverick, South Africa

Director-general Thabo Mokoena steps down from the wreckage that is the DMRE

by: Ed Stoddard

Western Cape government and scientists appeal national department's approval of West Coast mineral prospecting

South Africa, Maverick Citizen, Our Burning Planet

Western Cape government and scientists appeal national department's approval of West Coast mineral prospecting

by: John Yeld for GroundUp

Olifants River set to become a new home of mining — to the detriment of residents and the environment as a whole

South Africa, Our Burning Planet

Olifants River set to become a new home of mining — to the detriment of residents and the environment as a whole

by: Barry Christianson

New documentary highlights mining destruction on South Africa’s West Coast

South Africa, Our Burning Planet

New documentary highlights mining destruction on South Africa’s West Coast

by: Julia Evans

Heatpocrisy Explained (Part Two): Inside the rich and powerful nexus sizing up Earth’s last unmined frontier

South Africa, World, Our Burning Planet

Heatpocrisy Explained (Part Two): Inside the rich and powerful nexus sizing up Earth’s last unmined frontier

by: Tiara Walters

Western Cape opposes national government’s mining rights approval

South Africa

Western Cape opposes national government’s mining rights approval

by: John Yeld for GroundUp