A landslide has engulfed a group of mainly women gold miners in Mali, killing several of them. In a statement broadcast on ...

South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: ...

About 6,100 closed mines are distributed across the country. Although closed, they are not sealed. Residual gold remains in ...

The bodies of 78 dead miners have been retrieved from a shaft in Buffelsfontein mine's Shaft 11 after being trapped underground since last August by the South African police who cut-off food and water ...

This is why the World Gold Council report is correct to speak of the exploitation of small scale and artisanal ... But in South Africa the possibility of self-organised mining appears to have ...

The derelict Stilfontein shaft, which became a hell hole for hundreds of trapped miners, is just one of 6,000 that have been ...

This is why the World Gold Council report is correct to speak of the exploitation of small-scale and artisanal ... But in South Africa the possibility of self-organized mining appears to have ...

This is why the World Gold Council report is correct to speak of the exploitation of small scale and artisanal ... But in South Africa the possibility of self-organised mining appears to have ...

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...