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South Africa's chrome riches fuel a deadly underground economy

6 September 2026 · By · Wire by Fusion42

Published

6 September 2026

Topic

regulatory

◆ Sectors

Industrial

◆ Geography

South Africa

◆ Source

Read at aljazeera.com →

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Fusion42 · 6 September 2026 · Fusion42 review

Illegal mining of South Africa’s rich chrome deposits has created a dangerous underground economy involving undocumented migrants, criminal networks, and abandoned mine sites, leading to frequent fatal accidents and unchecked environmental harm.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Industrial.

◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway

You face an opening as government weakens control over abandoned mine sites, but criminal groups now control supply chains. Act quickly to build safer, legal alternatives or lose market share to underground networks.

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1 source · 6 Sep 2026

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Industrialillegal-miningchromeunderground-economySouth-Africamigrant-labourmine-safety