In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close to 80 found dead in grim recovery operation.

A gruesome situation in a South African gold mine underscores the problem of illegal mining and the risk people will take for ...

A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about a week after resurfacing from a disused mine in South Africa where 246 survivors were rescued and ...

Illegal mining in South Africa threatens the economy and worsens inequalities with incidents in Stilfontein and Sabie ...

Five people were killed in incidents at two of Harmony Gold’s South African mines, the company reported on Wednesday. Three ...

For centuries, artisanal gold miners in the Asgede district, located in the North Western Zone of the Tigray region, have used traditional tools for gold extraction. However, in recent years, this ...

In South Africa last month, 78 gold diggers died in an underground rescue effort. The illegal miners, locally referred to as ...

Edo North Senator, Adams Oshiomhole recently stirred the hornet’s nest when he revealed that some retired generals were ...

Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has described illegal mining in South Africa as a war being waged ...

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

The military’s murderous tactics in defence of the mining giant’s profits caused outrage, with people taking to the streets of Obuasi town in protest and setting fire to several buses.

A second miner has died in hospital after being pulled alive from an illegal South African gold mine from which 87 bodies were extracted, the government said Friday.