Rights groups say police used starvation as a weapon to force out illegal miners, resulting in close to 80 deaths.

Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) -South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an ...

More than 240 survivors have been brought to the surface, many severely emaciated after being trapped since November.

A deadly siege on an illegal gold mine near Stilfontein, South Africa, has resulted in at least 78 miner deaths, with ...

South African police lowered a camera down more than a mile (1.5 km) underground into an illegal gold mine on Thursday to ...

Rescuers have sent a cage-like structure into one of South Africa’s deepest gold mines to bring out survivors among hundreds ...

Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...

Producers of metals and other raw materials rose amid deal activity. Roofing materials distributor Beacon Roofing Supply rallied after it rejected an $11 billion buyout offer from rival ...

Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...