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

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

The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve ...

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

Hundreds are still trapped at the Stilfontein gold mine, a rights group said. Authorities tried to flush out the miners by ...

An ongoing dispute over ownership stakes in Barrick’s operation in Mali has led to the arrest of mining officials, the ...

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert for Delhi, with dense to very dense fog reported in several ...

In this article, Dr John Bristow of the Overberg Geoscientists Group writes about the centenary of diamond prospecting and ...

South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have ...

Rescue operations are underway to save workers trapped in the inundated rat-hole coal mine at 3 Kilo Umrangso area in Dima ...