Based on recent statistics, countries mining the most gold globally are revealed, along with their impact on the global ...

Ramovha said the two were apprehended while they were in possession of six bars of ... 20-year-old South African citizen, were promptly arrested at Helderwyk Estate. The seized gold, valued ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — 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 over ...

The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, where at least 109 men have died, a group representing the miners ...

Six more bodies have been recovered from an illegal gold mine in South Africa, where scores of people have reportedly died underground since authorities tried to force them out and seal the mine ...

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AT LEAST 100 illegal miners have died after becoming trapped in a South African gold mine for months on end. They had been in a long standoff with cops who cut off their water, food and supplies ...

Rescuers have hoisted illegal miners and several bodies from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa, where reports emerge that hundreds may be trapped and at least 100 may have already died.

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 ...