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

A new mining law in Mali that raises taxes and seeks to hand over big stakes in assets to the state and local investors will ...

South African authorities on Monday suspended rescue operations for an unspecified number of alleged illegal miners trapped in an abandoned mine shaft west of Johannesburg due to safety concerns.

A gruesome situation in a South African gold mine underscores the problem of illegal mining and the risk people will take for ...

By: Sabine Dall’Omo - CEO of Siemens Sub-Saharan Africa As the global mining industry enters an era of rapidly evolving automation, Africa will emerge as a leader in embracing autonomous machinery, ...

South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: massive regional economic repair.

Scientific advances, initiatives, and injustices in Sub–Saharan Africa shape the Black diaspora through ancestry, migration, ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — 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 ...

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 ...

How did Chinese laborers contribute to South Africa’s gold mining industry? This video uncovers their role and the hardships ...

Five people were killed in incidents at two of Harmony Gold’s South African mines, the company reported on Wednesday. Three ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — 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 ...