Late last year, a specialized mine rescue camera was lowered into an almost 2.6-kilometer (1.6-mile) deep mineshaft in South ...

South African authorities are searching for James Neo Tshoaeli, nicknamed 'Tiger,' a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader ...

A suspected gang leader known as "Tiger" escaped with the help of South African police after being pulled from an illegal ...

An illegal miner lifted from an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein has died in hospital, raising the death toll to 88 since ...

The Coalbrook North Colliery disaster of January 21, 1960, remains one of the most catastrophic events in South African ...

Zambia is pinning its hopes on the mining sector for an economic revival after the worst drought in living memory caused a sharp slowdown in growth this year, its finance minister said on Tuesday.

South African police are hunting an alleged “kingpin” of illegal mining after he escaped from custody following a rescue ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (NYSE: FSM) (TSX: FVI) reports production results for the ...

At least 78 illegal miners have died in the Stilfontein gold mine in South Africa after the police blocked the entrance to the mine in August 2024 to force them to leave the site and surrender to the ...

The Nigeria Mining Cadastre Office (NMCO) has issued approximately 7,000 mining licences, yet fewer than 1,000 mines are active.

As a means of bolstering agricultural development in Liberia, a delegation from the World Bank On Wednesday, January 15, 2025, visited the Fuamah Multipurpose Cooperative Society (FMCS) rice fields.