Around 4,500 alleged illegal miners remain underground in Klerksdorp. They are refusing to resurface despite having food and ...

North West police spokesperson, Sabata Mokgwabone, said the illegal miners were not trapped, they could surface at any time ...

JOHANNESBURG - Mining communities are calling for the legalisation of artisanal mining. It comes as around 4,500 miners ...

The extension of the deployment of the more than 1000 troops will come at a cost of more than R140 million to taxpayers.

BANGKOK - Authorities in Thailand have dismantled nine illegal bitcoin mining operations and charged two suspects with ...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Osun has arrested five individuals for alleged illegal mining and one ...

Authorities in Thailand have dismantled nine illegal bitcoin mining operations and charged two suspects with stealing more ...

Govt asserts criminal sanctions for illegal mining offenders, which include imprisonment for up to 5 years and a maximum fine ...

Earnings from Illegally extracted gold in Peru have soared to record levels, fueling criminal organizations amid ongoing ...

Illegal mining costs South Africa R70 billion annually, with slow progress in tackling abandoned mines and crime.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred by two weeks the hearing of the Jharkhand government’s plea challenging a high court decision that directed a CBI probe into allegations of illegal mining in the ...

Brazilian authorities are preparing to remove illegal gold miners from an Indigenous reservation in the Amazon rainforest ...