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 ...

South African gold output has steadily declined for three decades. Record prices and political stability are bringing the ...

The world’s biggest gold producer for more than a century, South Africa was knocked off top spot almost 20 years ago and now ranks in 12th place – mining about a tenth as much as it did at its ...

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.

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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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.