A months-long standoff between South African authorities and illegal miners trapped in an abandoned mine in the town of Stilfontein ended this week with at least 78 people killed – likely from ...

Authorities now hope to bring all of the survivors out of the mine. The mine has been the scene of a standoff between police and miners since authorities first attempted to get the men out and ...

A rescue mission is underway for the hundreds of illegal miners thought to still be underground in a disused shaft in South Africa Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) Tuesday issued a directive to all individuals and entities involved in illegal mining, otherwise known as galamsey in and near water bodies to cease ...

He compared the vilification of the miners with the treatment of refugees, migrants and the poor today, saying “the similarities are there for all of us to see ... The Morning Star is a readers’ ...

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BAMAKO, Mali — A landslide engulfed a group of mainly women gold miners in Mali, killing several of them, the governor's office of the Koulikoro region in the West African country said Thursday.

FILE PHOTO: A wall of miners, seen at the cryptocurrency farming operation, Bitfarms, in Farnham, Quebec, Canada, February 2, 2018. Picture taken February 2, 2018. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi/File Photo ...

Riot, which is worth about $3.8 billion, last year sought to take over rival miner Bitfarms but the two did not agree to a sale, instead agreeing on changes to Bitfarms' board. Shares in Riot ...

WARSAW, Poland — A second miner has died from injuries suffered in a fire at a coal mine this week in southern Poland, hospital authorities said Saturday. The victim was among 16 miners injured ...

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"By providing food, water and necessities to these illegal miners it would be the police entertaining and allowing criminality to thrive." All the survivors pulled out this week, many visibly ...