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

In Zimbabwe it was believed that if a woman went underground the gold seam would vanish, but above ground women held ...

Rescuers have hoisted illegal miners and several bodies from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa, where reports emerge that hundreds may be trapped and at least 100 may have already died.

Harmony Gold Mining HAR0.12%increase; green up pointing triangle said that five people died in two separate incidents in South Africa on Tuesday morning and that the causes of the accidents are ...

Reportedly, the authorities adopted a hardline approach by cutting off the food and water supply of the illegal miners to ...

In Zimbabwe they say, Hanzi bhande rinonzvenga vakadzi vakapinda mumigoghi (The gold belt will ... sacredness of the mining space. Read more: Informal mining in South Africa is here to stay.

Kibali being the biggest gold mine in Africa, GOLD is setting an example for transitioning to renewable energy in the country’s mining. With regards to sustainability, the mine has also made ...

The incident occurred at an open-pit gold mine near the village ... toll was still unavailable. Artisanal mining is a common activity across much of West Africa and has become more lucrative ...

South African rescuers have pulled 36 bodies and 82 survivors from a gold mine in two days of operations, police say, adding that the survivors would face illegal mining and immigration charges.

Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine, rescuers brought dozens of bodies and emaciated survivors to the surface ...

Harmony Gold (NYSE ... in South Africa, and that it is investigating the causes of the accidents. The miner said it has temporarily suspended all blasting operations at Doorknop mine in South ...