The company said two employees died at Doornkop Mine, where all blasting operations have been temporarily suspended, and ...

CEO of Mine Rescue Services South Africa, the private company contracted to rescue the miners. At least 87 miners died in the monthslong standoff between police and the miners who were trapped while ...

The government says they are robbing South Africa of more than $1 billion a year in gold. Authorities said that more than 1,500 people have been arrested for mining illegally in the Stilfontein ...

The government says they are robbing South Africa of more than $1 billion a year in gold. Authorities said that more than 1,500 people have been arrested for mining illegally in the Stilfontein ...

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about a week after resurfacing from a disused mine in South Africa where 246 ...

Months after South Africa’s government began an operation to flush out hundreds of people from an illegal gold mine near Johannesburg, police pulled out 60 bodies as part of a search-and-rescue ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — South African police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought out all the survivors and retrieved all ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold mine, where they have languished for over ...

"Those who make money out of gold mining must take full responsibility of the risk taken." South Africa has some of the world's deepest gold mines, some of which reach kilometers underground ...

South Africa (Reuters) -South African rescuers have pulled out 36 dead bodies and 82 survivors from a gold mine deep underground in two days of operations, police said on Tuesday, adding that the ...