Johannesburg- and New York-listed Gold Fields on Thursday, February 20, delivered an attributable profit of $1 245-million ...

Gold Fields attributed the reduction in gold produced from South Deep to “lower longhole stoping volumes and lower grade and ...

Security governance at abandoned or closed mining sites must be improved and inclusive policies that address employment needs ...

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 ...

South Africa ... that illegal mining is a criminal activity and not part of his department’s remit. Last week the bodies of 78 miners were pulled from an illegal gold mine after a heavily ...

CARLETONVILLE, South Africa (AP) — A specialized camera was lowered late last year into an almost 2.6-kilometer- (1.6-mile-) deep mineshaft ... Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, police said last week.

STILFONTEIN, South ... gold mine, which extends some 8,000 feet below ground. The operation was part of what police call their “Close the Hole” plan to combat illegal mining, an acute problem ...

JOHANNESBURG — At least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa have died of suspected starvation and dehydration after being trapped deep underground for ...

The Lesotho national resurfaced from the deep mine shaft in Stilfontein ... Thousands of people are believed to be mining gold illegally in abandoned industrial mines in South Africa.

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