The hole was originally the vent for shaft 11 at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, an operation so vast that it produced 1% of ...

A number of African mining projects are approaching important production, expansion, and infrastructure milestones.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Nearly a third of the 260 miners stuck underground following an accident at a Sibanye-Stillwater gold mine in South Africa were brought to the surface on Friday, the company ...

The project aims to restart historical underground gold mines in Mpumalanga, a prolific gold-mining region. The project is targeting the Beta, Rietfontein, Frankfort and Clewer-Dukes Hill-Morgenzon ...

South African gold mining giant Sibanye-Stillwater announced plans Thursday to shed more than 6,000 jobs, or 10 percent of its workforce, from underperforming gold mines. The company is one of the ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Rescue efforts are underway in South Africa to bring 260 workers trapped in a gold mine for a day back to the surface, the Sibanye Stillwater mining company said on Friday.

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Review of African Political Economy, Vol. 47, No. 163 (2020), pp. 27-44 (18 pages) Mine and worker Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) remains crucial given the historically dismal record of ...

South African rescuers have recovered eight bodies after a fire and rock fall at a gold mine in South Africa, the government said Thursday. One other miner remains unaccounted for. The National Union ...