STILFONTEIN, South Africa — Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold mine, where they have languished for over ...

The company said two employees died at Doornkop Mine, where all blasting operations have been temporarily suspended, and ...

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Six more bodies have been recovered from an illegal gold mine in South Africa, where scores of people have reportedly died underground since authorities tried to force them out and seal the mine ...

According to officials, South Africa lost more than $3 billion in gold to the illicit trade last year. Police forces launched an operation — dubbed "Close the Hole" — in late 2023 to clamp ...

The government says they are robbing South Africa of more than $1 billion a year in gold. Authorities said that more than 1,500 people have been arrested for mining illegally in the Stilfontein ...

"Those who make money out of gold mining must take full responsibility of the risk taken." South Africa has some of the world's deepest gold mines, some of which reach kilometers underground ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa—At least 78 people have died after authorities imposed a blockade on an illegal gold mine here, part of a monthslong standoff between prospectors and a government ...

South Africa police search for gold mine gangster 'Tiger' 01/20/2025 January 20, 2025 A gang leader suspected of running illegal gold mining operations in South Africa has escaped police custody.

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