Illegal miners in South Africa's Buffelsfontein Gold Mine have resorted to cannibalism to survive after authorities cut off ...

CARLETONVILLE, South Africa (AP) — A specialized camera was lowered late ... the miners who were trapped while working ...

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

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...

Deaths of illegal miners reflects that country’s troubled circumstances and need for aid from Elon Musk and others.

Rescue workers retrieved at least 78 bodies from an illegal gold mine in South Africa, where police cut off food and water ...

A critical area in which the mining industry can drive meaningful change is by establishing itself as a strategic partner to ...

“Autonomous mining solutions can significantly address challenges in African mining operations by improving efficiency, safety and cost-effectiveness, particularly in remote and high-risk area ...

A South African bishop has described in detail what he saw and heard as the bodies were being taken from an abandoned gold ...

A monthslong police intervention to coax workers from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has ended with 87 workers declared dead, authorities confirmed Thursday. More than 240 survivors have ...

South African authorities have for years struggled to stop groups of miners from going into some of the gold-rich country's 6,000 abandoned or closed mines to search for leftover deposits.

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87 ...