Earlier this month, soldiers swooped by helicopter into a vast mining complex in western Mali and made away with three tonnes ...

South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: ...

Television stations and social media feeds carried horrendous images of the emaciated figures of the living ... and I've been studying the social life and history of South African gold mining for ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine, rescuers brought dozens of bodies and ...

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Ukraine’s steel producers are now looking abroad to stay alive after the closure of the country's last operating coking coal ...

Photos from the scene show men - some ... Illegal mining is common in parts of gold-rich South Africa where companies close down mines that are no longer profitable, leaving groups of informal ...

Taraji P. Henson recalled an incident on a magazine shoot where a stylist who didn't know how to do Black hair damaged hers with a root booster. Henson considered asking for a new stylist but was ...

By John Eligon The South African authorities ... every known access point to the mine and pulling up or severing ropes used to ferry goods underground, images distributed by the police showed.

Censoring the work of Sally Mann underscores deep-seated issues in our nation around gender, sexuality, and the policing of ...

Getty Images The police have defended the operation ... to artisanal miners who are forced to go into disused mines due to South Africa's high unemployment rate. "If your children are hungry ...