One African country is home to the deepest gold mine in the world with staggering depths and intense temperatures.

Satellite images show a shimmering trail of dried, chemical-filled mud left behind by wastewater that flooded the town of ...

Deep below the surface of our world, far beyond our feeble reach ... we can glean tidbits of information about our planet's interior. A diamond unearthed in a diamond mine in Botswana is just such a ...

A 2022 satellite photo shows a shimmering trail of dried, chemically-enriched mud left behind by a torrent of wastewater that ...

Mponeng in South Africa is the world's deepest gold mine. The Kola Superdeep Borehole is only 9 inches wide. Russian scientists have been drilling it since 1970. It's now deeper than the deepest ...

Interestingly, its mesh netting, which further supports the tunnel's integrity, makes use of artificial diamonds ... Mponeng takes the title of world's deepest mine from ground level and further ...