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Gold boom sparks scramble for mines
Mint Kolkata
|January 28, 2026
For years, hundreds of illegal miners known locally as zama zamas prospected for gold on this patch of land on the outskirts of the city with hammers and chisels in hand-dug tunnels.
Record prices are breathing new life into South Africa's ailing gold-mining industry
(REUTERS)
Now, the site has been transformed into South Africa’s first new underground gold mine in more than 15 years, part of a global rush to boost production of a metal trading at record prices.
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