Workers trapped in a deep gold mine in South Africa for nearly nine months have told how they survived this time. The illegal miners at the Buffelsfontein gold mine were shut down in a mine last year ...

Reportedly, the authorities adopted a hardline approach by cutting off the food and water supply of the illegal miners to ...

GOVERNMENT has deployed security and environment agencies to the Rhodes Estate in the Matopos National Park to address ...

The rescue of 246 surviving illegal miners from the Stilfontein shaft in less than three days was enabled by a locally ...

The Nevada Gold Mines, a network of gold mines in Elko, Nevada, is regarded as the world's largest gold mine, yielding a ...

Skiing across the pond is a refreshing alternative to the Alps, here’s everything you need to know before heading stateside ...

Government has deployed security and environment agencies to the Rhodes Estate in the Matopos National Park to address concerns over ...

In August 2024, South African police launched “Operation Vala Umgodi” (“Close the Hole” in Zulu) in Stilfontein to hunt down illegal miners in abandoned gold mines. These miners are part ...

Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...

in South Africa’s North West province, where police had waged a deadly standoff with illegal miners. The small town, once a thriving hub for gold mining, had been in decline since the early 2000s.

A coal mine where an underground fire on Jan. 13, 2025 prompted reported mine worker evacuations had a long history of safety ...