Officials say Operation Vala Umgodi, or “Close the Pits”, will help eradicate a black market that drains the economy of as ...

The best-performing South African miner this year is defying the country’s contemporary reputation for ever-more costly and ...

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 ...

Most of Earth's gold is locked up in the mantle, the thick, middle layer of the planet located between the crust and the ...

NEW JERSEY — An unstable crater in the forest floor is just another reminder of the state's rich mining history and the many tunnels left behind and hiding just under the surface. Timothy Rack ...

A teenager was crushed to death by a rock in a disused mine shaft at Sunace Mine in Umguza District, Matabeleland North, while engaging in illegal gold mining with four friends on Thursday. Luckmore ...

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 ...

This Made in Nevada report is featuring Comstock Mining and what will likely be historic profits as it prepares to unearth ...

This is the scene at Shaft 11 of Buffelsfontein’s long-abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, where an illegal mining operation turned tragic. Rescue work is painstakingly slow.

Mining Affected Communities United in Action (Macua) said a previous court decision to not force government to rescue the ...