Old Mines and Gold Waste Power 90% Surge in Pan African’s Shares
The best-performing South African miner this year is defying the country’s contemporary reputation for ever-more costly and ...
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Human rights organisation approaches ConCourt to prevent cannibalism at Stilfontein mine
Mining Affected Communities United in Action (Macua) said a previous court decision to not force government to rescue the ...
‘Surrender or starve’: Siege outside South African gold mine taken over by criminal gangs
Officials say Operation Vala Umgodi, or “Close the Pits”, will help eradicate a black market that drains the economy of as ...
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Marigold mine produces 5 million gold ounces
SSR’s Marigold Mine has produced a total of five million ounces since 1989, and the site still hosts around three million ounces of mineral reserves and exploration continues to expand ...
The South African gold mines taken over by criminal gangs
Down a shaft that plunged more than a mile below the earth in South Africa’s old mining heartland, a man’s life hung in the ...
In the Mojave Desert, a gold rush sparks a mini real-estate boom for old mines
There's still gold in them thar hills. As the price of the precious metal climbs to record highs, prospectors are buying up claims in the Mojave Desert to seek their fortune. But it's the real estate ...
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Destitute South Africans and migrants risk their lives in illegal mines—and are exploited by criminal gangs
In the small town of Stilfontein, some 90 miles from the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, hundreds, possibly thousands, of ...
North Jersey's 600 abandoned mine shafts create dangers like sinkholes, collapses
New Jersey is home to 600 of the nation's 500,000 abandoned mines, yet the danger they pose looms large in the state's north.