South Africa criticized for ‘horrific’ mining crackdown after 78 bodies pulled from underground
The clampdown on illegal mining cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground. At least 78 bodies were pulled from ...
At Least 100 Illegal Miners Trapped in South African Mine Have Died: Report
Illegal mining continues to be widespread in South Africa's old gold-mining regions, where miners enter abandoned shafts to ...
At least 78 dead at abandoned South Africa gold mine that was scene of a standoff
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...
Why hundreds of miners are still trapped and feared starving in an abandoned South Africa mine
South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have ...
60 bodies pulled from illegal mine in South Africa; many more trapped
Hundreds are still trapped at the Stilfontein gold mine, a rights group said. Authorities tried to flush out the miners by ...
Mining Weekly21h
First crusher for Sandvik-S&R partnership
In a promising start to S&R Enterprises’ mandate as a Sandvik Rock Processing distributor, its first Sandvik mobile jaw crusher has been delivered to a mining contractor on a coal operation in South ...
Zimbabwe23d
Hundreds of illegal miners in South Africa to spend Christmas underground in old gold mine
Johannesburg, South Africa - Hundreds of illegal miners trapped in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, in South Africa’s North West province, will spend Christmas day underground. The government ...
The Hindu21d
Moving away from coal a must, South Africa’s ‘Cancel Coal’ case holds
In its Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), the government of South Africa announced in October 2019 that it plans to add 1,500 MW of coal power to the country’s national grid – 750 MW by 2023 and ...
National Catholic Register9d
Illegal Workers Stuck in South African Mine Should Be Handled ‘With Dignity,’ Bishop Says
In a statement published Jan. 3, 2025, Bishop Sithembele Sipuka of South Africa’s Mthatha Diocese weighed in on the situation of the illegal miners who have been trapped in a mine in South ...
Independent Online29d
SA chrome, coal exporters may see costs rise due to Mozambique border closure
The Lebombo border post linking South Africa and Mozambique was closed ... and coal exporters. “Persistent electricity price pressures and rising transport costs may continue to strain mining ...
At least 100 illegal miners have died while trapped in a South African mine for months, group says
A group representing informal miners in South Africa says at least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold ...