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

One African country is home to the deepest gold mine in the world with staggering depths and intense temperatures.

Late last year, a specialized camera was lowered into an almost 1.6-mile-deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of ...

Workers trapped in a deep gold mine in South Africa for nearly nine months have told how they survived this time. The illegal miners at the Buffelsfontein gold mine were shut down in a mine last year ...

Underground mining remains vital to the global mining sector, setting benchmarks in depth, production, and technology—here ...

South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have been trapped deep in an abandoned gold mine for months.

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

Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — South African police ended a rescue operation ... bodies after hundreds of miners were trapped ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa - South African rescuers were making final efforts on Thursday to ascertain whether anyone was left ...

Standing near the rim of a nearly 2-mile deep shaft, Zinzi Tom waited for word of her brother as the authorities began a long ...