In South Africa, a months-long standoff between police and illegal gold miners has resulted in over 100 deaths. This surge in ...

An ongoing dispute over ownership stakes in Barrick’s operation in Mali has led to the arrest of mining officials, the ...

The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve ...

Arguing that the miners had entered the mine without permission, authorities reportedly cracked down by cutting off their ...

Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...

The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, ...

Interpol, which coordinated the West African police operation dubbed “Sanu, " announced the move on Tuesday.