At least 78 people have died after authorities imposed a blockade on an illegal gold mine here, part of a monthslong standoff ...

A Congolese court has sentenced three Chinese citizens to seven years in prison after they were arrested in possession of ...

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

The clampdown on illegal mining cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground. At least 78 bodies were pulled from ...

ARTISANAL and small-scale miners have been called upon to reclaim and repurpose mined land as a way of adding value to the ...

Police have blocked “illegal miners” in an abandoned gold mine at Stilfontein near Johannesburg for months, resulting in over ...

Hundreds, if not thousands, of miners have been trapped underground at a disused mine in South Africa for weeks as a police ...

Three Chinese nationals were sentenced to seven years in prison by a Congolese court for illegal activities in the artisanal ...

In northern Peru, rescuers are searching for up to 17 miners trapped in a small gold mine after it was allegedly attacked by ...

Rescue workers in northern Peru were searching for trapped miners at a small gold mine on Monday , after the mine was allegedly attacked by suspected illegal miners, a local mayor said.

In developing countries, artisanal and small-scale mining are an important part of the economy, especially for the rural poor. Traditionally, the mining industry has always played an ...

Most of the companies that buy the gold from the youths and women are Chinese-owned and they pay cash on the spot ...