South Africa arrests 1,000 illegal miners
- 02-Aug-2025
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa: South African police said Friday they have arrested some 1,000 undocumented migrants working in gold mines in the northeast of the country. A police spokesman for the Mpumalanga province, where the week-long sweep took place, told AFP there could be more arrests because there are still illegal miners underground. “As they are […]
South Africa mine rescue ends as anger rises over 78 deaths
- 16-Jan-2025
STILFONTEIN: South Africa rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people died during a police siege, as a local volunteer described the horror of extracting their bodies from deep underground. Police had encircled the mine since August and cut off food and water […]
World’s Largest Gold Mines
- 12-Oct-2023
Gold has never lost its lustre. Many attempts were made to reduce the value of gold in human activity but it has remained very valid. Currently gold is the most hoarded mineral in the world and is widely accepted as the most credible collateral in socio-economic life in the world. Till some decades ago it […]