Mali said on Wednesday it was suspending licenses for foreign artisanal gold mining companies after a series of fatal ...

More than 40 people, mostly women, were killed after an illegal gold mine collapsed in Mali on Saturday. The collapse took place near Kéniéba, in Mali's western, gold-rich Kayes region.

adding that more than two million people, or over 10 per cent of the country’s population, depend on the mining sector for livelihood. According to government data, artisanal mines in Mali ...

Mali is suspending the granting of new artisanal mining permits to foreigners, after a couple of accidents in recent weeks ...

At least 49 people, many of them women, were killed after an artisanal gold mine collapsed in western Mali last month.

Mali will partially lift its suspension on the issuance of mining permits on March 15, the country's mines ministry announced ...

killing more than 70 people. In recent years, there have been concerns that profits from unregulated mining in northern Mali could benefit extremists active in that part of the country.

killing more than 70 people. In recent years, there have been concerns that profits from unregulated mining in northern Mali could benefit extremists active in that part of the country. Advertisement ...

A gold mine collapsed in eastern Mali, killing dozens of people and injuring many more ... this year in the French-speaking West African country, which is one of Africa's top three gold producers.