South Africa's mining sector has recorded the safest year in history in terms of fatalities with the industry reaching a record low in deaths and no disaster-type incidents recorded.This is according ...
The rescue of 246 surviving illegal miners from the Stilfontein shaft in less than three days was enabled by a locally ...
Illegal mining is waging war on the South African economy, with the illicit trade costing the economy at least R60 billion in ...
Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...
As a significant employer in several regions in which it operates, midtier gold miner Pan African Resources also prioritises ...
South Africa's mining industry reported 42 deaths last year, the lowest number to date and a 24% improvement on the previous year, official statistics showed on Thursday.
In mid-January 2024, over 1,000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in ...
Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the ...
Based on recent statistics, countries mining the most gold globally are revealed, along with their impact on the global ...
A miner who spent six months in a disused mine in South Africa has spoken of the horror he experienced after a police ...
Ghana's military says that soldiers have killed at least seven people at a gold mine. The West African armed forces said Sunday that around 60 “illegal miners” carrying locally manufactured rifles and ...