Detained after being accused of controlling the illegal operations at an abandoned gold mine near Stilfontein in South Africa ...

Anywhere between 5% and 30% of gold in South Africa – once the world’s top producer – is mined illegally, laundered, and ...

Back in August, the police began blocking food and water from entering the old Buffelsfontein Gold Mine near Stilfontein in ...

Illegal mining remains common in South Africa’s old gold-mining areas, with miners going into closed shafts to dig for any possible remaining deposits.

South Africa plans to unveil a new online mining registry next month, a long-delayed move toward greater transparency that ...

Illegal mining continues to be widespread in South Africa's old gold-mining regions, ... At least 100 men have died in a mine in South Africa's North West province, according to Mnguni.

Old Mines and Gold Waste Power Surge in Pan African’s Shares Pan African Resources is South Africa’s best-performing miner Company extract gold from tailings, century-old mine shafts ...

Johannesburg, South Africa - Hundreds of illegal miners trapped in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, in South Africa’s North West province, will spend Christmas day underground. The government ...

Latest mining accident in South Africa. The developing story at Kloof is only the latest mining incident to hit South Africa, which has 561 legal mines along with a number of illegal operations.

Nearly a third of 260 miners trapped in a Sibanye-Stillwater gold mine in South Africa were rescued, with no injuries reported, following a shaft accident. Fox News Media Fox Business ...

Illegal Mining in South Africa. Illegal mining continues to be widespread in South Africa's old gold-mining regions, where miners enter abandoned shafts to search for any remaining deposits.