The merger creates a global mining powerhouse that may profess ideals of sustainable operations and rehabilitation but won’t. An Anglo-American platinum mine, shot from Ga-Molekana village, Mogalakwena Municipality. The distant smoke is caused by mining activity. File photo by Lilita Gcwabe By Tlou Mogale Foundation, Elitsha, South Africa One story dominated the Joburg Mining Indaba earlier this month: the proposed merger between Anglo American and Canada’s Teck Resources, a

Mining continues to wreak social and environmental damage to communities across southern Africa. The Bench Marks Foundation held its...