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

Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87.

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

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

Reportedly, the authorities adopted a hardline approach by cutting off the food and water supply of the illegal miners to ...

As the race for the minerals powering the energy transition intensifies and the price of gold rises, our unique ranking ...

Mannas Fourie, CEO of Mines Rescue Services, points out the technology capabilities of the mobile rescue winder that was used ...

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

"Traditional financing of new ventures in the African mining sector has become increasingly challenging over the past decade," says Wildu du Plessis, a partner at Alchemy. “A variety of non-banking ...

Both major and minor players in the sector are leveraging technology to reduce costs, identify and assess new deposits, and ...

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 ...