Late last year, a specialized camera was lowered into an almost 1.6-mile-deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of ...

Gold—one of Earth’s rare gems—plays a unique role in the global economy. As a valuable asset for many countries, it acts as a ...

Based on recent statistics, countries mining the most gold globally are revealed, along with their impact on the global ...

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

South Africa’s second biggest political party, which is part of a government ... The closed Buffelsfontein Gold Mine was the ...

Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...

South African authorities face growing anger over their handling of a standoff with illegal miners trapped in an abandoned ...

South Africa's second biggest political party ... Africa and a major problem for authorities as large groups go into mines ...