The South African government said on Friday it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a plan ...

South Africa’s government says it won’t help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North West ...

The Central African Republic (CAR) said Friday it has convinced the regulatory body for global diamond trading to end a decade-old export embargo.

A community rescue effort to help illegal miners trapped in a mine shaft in South Africa emerged after police said they ...

The government is trying to starve more than 1,000 informal prospectors out of a shaft of the Buffelsfontein mine, which ...

Illegal miners are called "zama zama" ("take a chance" in Zulu) and operate in abandoned mines in the mineral-rich country.

In this article, policy adviser and former De Beers Botswana CEO Sheila Khama writes De Beers' exploration in Angola and asks ...

The miners in a mineshaft in Stilfontein are believed to be suffering from a lack of food, water and other basic necessities.

Miners are believed to be suffering from a lack of food, water and other basic necessities after police closed off the ...

Illegal mining continues to be widespread in South Africa, where miners enter abandoned shafts to search for remaining ...

South Africa’s mining production increased by 4.7% year-on-year in September, Statistics South Africa reports. The largest positive contributors came from platinum group metals (PGMS) (6.7% and ...