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The Fosterville Gold Mine says it is investigating whether an earthquake sparked by its operations damaged properties on November 5. Residents who live near the mine say frequent earthquakes rock ...

Hundreds – possibly thousands – of miners remain trapped in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa’s northwestern Stilfontein town, fearful to come out of hiding and face arrest by security ...

DENVER (AP) — Investigators on Friday were trying to figure out what led to an elevator accident inside a former Colorado gold mine that killed ... group of 12 people trapped for hours at ...

On Thursday, a body was brought out of the mine. Thandeka Zizi Tom, the sister of a trapped miner, told Al Jazeera that her brother should have been back by now. “We are panicking. We don’t ...

Rescuers raced against the clock to save eight people trapped in an illegal gold mine on Java, the country’s biggest island, officials said. Unlicensed mines – many with complete disregard for ...

South Africa's abandoned gold mines are ... protesting outside the mine, carrying placards reading: "Free our Brothers," and shouting that family members have been trapped underground for months.

BURITICÁ, Colombia—Some 700 yards deep in Colombia’s richest gold mine, private security guards crouch behind sandbags, trapped in a failing battle with a drug-trafficking gang that has ...

Columnist Rod Miller writes, "Given the magnitude of voter turnout this year, and the margins in contested races, there can be little doubt that the people have spoken loudly and clearly. That, to me, ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commissioned Ghana’s largest single gold stream mine in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region. The Project, undertaken by the Cardinal Namdini Gold ...

The Yukon government has for weeks been reporting spikes in mercury levels in a free flowing creek near the Eagle Gold mine — and at least one environmental toxicologist says water needs to be ...