Late last year, a specialized camera was lowered into an almost 1.6-mile-deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of ...

Underground mining remains vital to the global mining sector, setting benchmarks in depth, production, and technology—here ...

Mponeng gold mine began producing ... Located in Gauteng, South Africa, the site is a testament to the pinnacle of mining-related engineering. The mine is so deep that a journey from the surface ...

Rescuers Bring Out Survivors and Dead From a South ... Deep Underground STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — Rescuers sent a cage-like structure down into one of South Africa’s deepest gold mines ...

“With our exploration, we keep finding new high-grade ore bodies to mine.” The world’s biggest gold producer for more than a century, South Africa was knocked off top spot almost 20 years ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold ... mine is 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) deep ...