JOHANNESBURG - The face behind illegal gold mining in South Africa is that of a black man covered in dust. He is known as a ...

More illegal miners have resurfaced from the Stilfontein gold mine, with 20 emerging from Margaret Shaft on Wednesday ...

STILFONTEIN, NW - Police and Social Development are investigating human trafficking and slave labour cases in the North West.

Madras High Court summons officials over illegal mining near reserve forests, orders treatment for activist attacked during inspection.

Liberty Coal has launched legal action against Kego Mining, alleging illegal coal extraction from the Optimum Coal Mine, ...

By Edward DEBRAH ‘Remember, it is only when the last tree has died, the last river poisoned, and the last fish caught will we realise we cannot eat money’ – Cree Proverb ‘Galamsey’ a popular term for ...

Initial results from Harvard reveal high levels of mercury in the Madeira, although still below the limit recommended by ...

Peru's Congress removed Energy and Mines minister Romulo Mucho from his post on Tuesday as protesters from small-scale miners ...

A total of 20 more illegal miners resurfaced from the abandoned Stilfontein gold mine in North West on Wednesday afternoon.

Although the issue of galamsey is familiar to Ghanaians, it has recently gained widespread attention and become a matter of ...

According to the department, most of the illicit miners are suspected to be from SADC countries including Mozambique, Namibia ...

A Professor of Sustainability at the Surrey Business School, University of Surrey, UK, Gavin Hilson, is of the view that ...