Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe revealed this during a mining health and safety briefing in Pretoria on Thursday afternoon.

The National Concerned Small Scale Miners Association of Ghana (NCSSMAG) has expressed concern over the clash between some small scale miners and security personnel at the AngloGold Ashanti mining ...

The death of an activist opposing illegal stone quarrying in Thirumayam taluk in Pudukkottai district of Tamil Nadu have sparked outrage and raised several ques ...

The Assam government is carrying out an operation to close rat-hole coal mines in the state, following the tragedy in the Dima Hasao district, officials said on Thursday. At least nine labourers were ...

The Assam government is closing rat-hole coal mines after a tragedy in Dima Hasao trapped nine miners, with four bodies recovered and five still missing.

Following a tragedy in Dima Hasao, the Assam government is intensifying efforts to close illegal rat-hole coal mines. Despite a 2014 ban by the National Green Tribunal, these dangerous mining ...

South Africa's mining industry reported 42 deaths last year, the lowest number to date and a 24% improvement on the previous year, official statistics showed on Thursday. The statistics did not ...

Miners desperate for money risk working at rat-hole mines, which are still in operation in the North East despite curbs and a ban in Meghalaya.

The South African mining industry recorded forty-two (42) fatalities in 2024 marking the lowest ever number of fatalities in the history of mining in South Africa. This represents a 24% improvement, ...

Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe says mine related fatalities, injuries and illness are on a downward trend.

Police have seized eight tractors and four JCB machines engaged in illegal mining during a special operation conducted from Sujanpur to Suchuhi area on the banks of Beas River on Thursday, officials ...

The South African Police Service is investigating members who were on duty the day that an illegal mining kingpin escaped ...