The vast Witwatersrand goldfield, where the Stilfontein mine is located, was the focus of a heady gold rush in the 19th century. But the once-flourishing commercial gold mining industry has gone.

About a year after Ezra’s find, the mining town of Randsburg sprang up around a big gold find — the town and the mine named optimistically for the immense Witwatersrand gold fields in South ...

It is believed that the rockfall at Blyvoor Gold mine was triggered by an earthquake close to Carletonville on Thursday morning.

The company notes that the project is strategically located within the Witwatersrand basin, a region that has historically produced about 40% of gold mined globally to date. Highlights for the ...

Police in the North West have called for relatives of the 78 bodies that were recovered at Buffelsfontein Gold Mine’s shaft no. 11 during the Mine Res ...

Harmony Gold as well as Gold Fields, which operates the South Deep mine in the Witwatersrand Basin. Illegal gold mining has been happening at disused gold mines such as Stilfontein and at existing ...

Pan African Resources PLC (LON:PAF – Get Free Report) passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Wednesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 33.27 ($0.41) and traded as ...

The vast Witwatersrand goldfield, where the Stilfontein mine is located, was the focus of a heady gold rush in the 19th century. Now the disused underground galleries attract clandestine workers ...