Illegal miners in South Africa's Buffelsfontein Gold Mine have resorted to cannibalism to survive after authorities cut off ...

A specialized mine rescue camera was lowered late last year into an almost 2.6-kilometer (1.6-mile) deep mineshaft in South ...

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...

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Rescue workers retrieved at least 78 bodies from an illegal gold mine in South Africa, where police cut off food and water ...

A critical area in which the mining industry can drive meaningful change is by establishing itself as a strategic partner to ...

This partnership is an example of how Africa can address its path to green energy transition while being cognisant of the ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87 ...

A second miner has died in hospital after being pulled alive from an illegal South African gold mine from which 87 bodies were extracted, the government said Friday.

A South African bishop has described in detail what he saw and heard as the bodies were being taken from an abandoned gold ...

An effort to rescue survivors in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people died in South Africa was put an end on ...