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

Federal crackdown on environmental crimes and a gold rally that’s sent prices to record highs has driven the industry into ...

Workers trapped in a deep gold mine in South Africa for nearly nine months have told how they survived this time. The illegal miners at the Buffelsfontein gold mine were shut down in a mine last year ...

One African country is home to the deepest gold mine in the world with staggering depths and intense temperatures.

Residents of Khuma want the abandoned mine reopened to create jobs and boost the local economy, but mining expert Ingrid ...

CARLETONVILLE, South Africa (AP) — A specialized camera was lowered late last year into an almost 2.6-kilometer- (1.6-mile-) deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of miners were reported ...

Based on recent statistics, countries mining the most gold globally are revealed, along with their impact on the global ...

The Rescue of Hundreds of Miners in a Deep South African Gold Mine Began With a Camera and a Note CARLETONVILLE, South Africa (AP) — A specialized camera was lowered late last year into an ...

Mponeng gold mine began producing gold back in 1986 and was previously known as Western Deep Levels No1 Shaft. Owned by Harmony Gold Mining, this underground mine produced an estimated 239.49 ...

Massive illegal mining operations that lasted for mere months left scars deeper than its brief operations in Surigao City, ...

An incident at a former Colorado gold mine that killed a man ... were stuck at the bottom of the mine — which is about 1,000 feet deep — for about six hours, Mikesell said at the time.