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

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

adding that cellular service does not reach the mine. La Libertad is one of the regions with the highest gold production in Peru, and according to official reports at least 40% of the supply comes ...

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

LIMA - Rescue workers in northern Peru were searching for trapped miners at a small gold mine on Monday , after ... at least 40% of the supply comes from artisanal or informal miners.

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

By Jason Mitchell Gabon – home to 25% of the world’s manganese reserves and vast mineral riches – is rapidly establishing its ...

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

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

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