South African police have launched a manhunt for a Lesotho gang member believed to have controlled operations at an illegal gold mine where 78 bodies were recovered last week during a police siege ...

We could not determine the number of people that are standing there, but it was evident that people were standing around and they were in need of help to come up to the surface,” said Mannas Fourie, ...

CEO of Mine Rescue Services South Africa, the private company contracted to rescue the miners. Advertising At least 87 miners died in the monthslong standoff between police and the miners who were ...

From 2012 to 2022, 34 mining workers lost their lives to ground failure. Two South Dakota Mines professors ... design alternatives focused on ore pass placement, rock mechanics considerations ...

CARLETONVILLE, South Africa (AP) — A specialized camera was lowered late last year into an almost 2.6-kilometer- (1.6-mile-) deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of miners were reported ...

Thousands of illegal miners, known as "zama zamas" ("those who try their luck" in Zulu), operate in mineral-rich South Africa. The mine in Stilfontein - some 145km (90 miles) south-west of ...

South Africa's police have launched a manhunt for an alleged "kingpin", who is accused of controlling operations at an abandoned gold mine where 78 corpses were discovered last week. The police ...

Illegal miners said they had to eat cockroaches after police cut off their food supply. Rescue workers retrieved at least 78 bodies from an illegal gold mine in South Africa, where police cut off ...

Fort Lewis College men’s basketball showed its offensive capabilities, without one of its best players, in the Skyhawks’ 88-54 win over South Dakota Mines on ... The pass was threaded through ...

Only 26 are South Africans, according to police. They have been arrested and charged with illegal immigration, trespass, illegal mining and other offences. Investigators now face "a mammoth task ...