Once it reached them, the miners immediately also attached a note telling the rescuers that about 480 of them were underground and those still alive were desperate to exit the mine. It was the ...

The mine’s first phase will produce 200,000 tonnes of copper annually, with an estimated cost of $5.5bn (C$7.94bn). Credit: Maksim Safaniuk/Shutterstock. The Reko Diq mine is expected to produce $74bn ...

BHP Group said on Tuesday its iron ore production inched ahead in the December quarter, while its copper output surged 17% after improvements at its Escondida mine in Chile. The world’s largest ...

President John Dramani Mahama has ordered investigations into the shooting incident between some illegal miners and soldiers at the AngloGold Ashanti gold mine that claimed eight lives. The ...

Close up of Manganese rock being moved on a conveyor belt SOUTH32 said it had temporarily shut its Wessels manganese mine in South Africa’s Northern Cape province during the December quarter at a time ...

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The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near the town of Stilfontein began to unfold in August, when police cut off food supplies to the miners working illegally in the mine's tunnels. The tactic ...

An incident at a former Colorado gold mine that killed a man and trapped a group of tourists for hours underground in 2024 was caused by "operator error," authorities said. Investigators ...

I will keep that helmet forever and hang it in my house and when I am old I will show it to my grandchildren and I will tell them the story of what happened here at this mine,” said Mkwayi. You may ...

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At least 78 dead bodies have been pulled from an illegal gold mine in South Africa where police cut off food and water supplies for months, in what trade unions called a "horrific" crackdown on ...

South African police say there's nobody left in the mine after they removed 78 bodies and 246 survivors over the last two days. They declared the court-ordered rescue operation over on Wednesday ...