Efforts are underway to rescue miners trapped in a shaft collapse at an artisanal gold mine in eastern Democratic Republic of ...

South Africa’s government is facing criticism for its clampdown on illegal mining that cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground, after at least 78 bodies were pulled from a shaft ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader known as “Tiger” escaped from custody with help from police officers after resurfacing last week from a disused mine in South ...

A group representing informal miners in South Africa says at least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold mine have died after being trapped deep underground for months while ...

South Africa's department of mineral resources told the BBC the rescue operation on Monday involved lowering a cage into the mine that is designed to hold six or seven people. It said the cage has ...

Harmony Gold Mining HAR-1.51 % decrease; red down 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 ...

South Africa’s Police minister Senzo Mchunu, center, attempts talking to family members and activists after visiting an abandoned gold mine, where miners are rescued from below ground, in ...

Illegal miners are escorted by police officers after being rescued from an abandoned gold mine for months, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. Credit: AP/Themba Hadebe ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine, rescuers brought dozens of bodies and ...

South Africa's Gold Fields, the world's No. 4 gold producer, restarted operations at Africa's biggest mine on Thursday after it was forced to shut it down for a day when two workers died, the ...