Forestry police apprehended a Vietnamese man and five Thai nationals at an unauthorised gold mining site on Panompa Mountain ...

Authorities say an incident involving an elevator at a former Colorado gold mine that led to the death of a tour guide and ...

The West African police action, known as Operation Sanu, also marked a first for tackling illegal sand mining in Gambia.

The Mining Affected Communities United in Action group says at least 400 men remain trapped in the abandoned mine.

Positive delineation drilling at the Midras South deposit confirmed robust mineralization with significant widths and gold grades at shallow depths (see Figure 1). Midas South is slated for Mineral ...

South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have ...

An inspection of the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek prompted by an elevator malfunction that killed tour guide ...

Miners once lived and worked in Humberstone saltpeter works. Now it's a ghost town and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Photos ...

Rescuers have sent a cage-like structure into one of South Africa’s deepest gold mines to bring out survivors among hundreds ...

A group representing miners in South Africa says at least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold mine have died after being trapped deep underground for months while police tried to ...