In mid-January 2024, over 1,000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in ...
The Coalbrook North Colliery disaster of January 21, 1960, remains one of the most catastrophic events in South African ...
About 6,100 closed mines are distributed across the country. Although closed, they are not sealed. Residual gold remains in ...
South Africa was once the world's largest gold producer, but large-scale industrial mining became unprofitable and many mines ...
Illegal miners trapped nearly a mile below ground reportedly avoided dying of hunger by resorting to cannibalism.
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The rescue of hundreds of miners in a deep South African gold mine began with a camera and a noteAP video by Alfonso Nqunjana) Mannas Fourie, CEO of Mines Rescue Services, points out the technology capabilities of the ...
The upcoming African Mining Week Summit, scheduled for October 1 - 3 in Cape Town, will highlight profitable opportunities ...
But contrary to an accusation commonly bandied about in South Africa, illegal mining is not exclusively the domaine of foreigners. Thornton said there existed a “sort of independent gold ...
Illegal Mining Ringleader Escaped During South Africa Disaster With Help From Officers, Police Say JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader known as “Tiger” escaped ...
I am an anthropologist and I've been studying the social life and history of South African gold mining for nearly three decades. I've also made a film with and about informal miners. The problems ...
They blink like moles in the harsh South African sunlight. Some look painfully young. Operations to rescue hundreds of illegal miners at an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, a small mining town ...
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