Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...

By Siyabonga Sishi and Nellie Peyton STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) - South African rescuers were making final efforts ...

A deadly siege on an illegal gold mine near Stilfontein, South Africa, has resulted in at least 78 miner deaths, with ...

South African police lowered a camera down more than a mile (1.5 km) underground into an illegal gold mine on Thursday to ...

China, the world's biggest coal consumer, extended its lead in imports over No. 2 buyer India last year to the widest since ...

South African police said Wednesday they have ended a rescue operation and believe they have brought out all the survivors ...

A total of 246 survivors were rescued in a court-ordered operation but were immediately arrested for illegal mining.

The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve ...

South African police announce sudden end of mine rescue operation, say they believe all survivors and bodies retrieved.

Hundreds are still trapped at the Stilfontein gold mine, a rights group said. Authorities tried to flush out the miners by ...

No more illegal miners are believed to be trapped underground at a gold mine in South Africa, volunteers working with rescue ...