A Congolese court has sentenced three Chinese citizens to seven years in prison after they were arrested in possession of ...

Interpol says a major operation targeting illegal gold mining in West Africa has resulted in 200 arrests and the seizure of ...

The clampdown on illegal mining cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground. At least 78 bodies were pulled from ...

The number of illegal miners who’ve died in a months-long standoff with the South African authorities increased to 51, the ...

The police said that the operation will continue for several days, as it involves the use of a metal cage to recover men and ...

Over 78 miners have died, and more than 160 have been rescued from an abandoned South African gold mine amid a standoff with ...

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu and Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mnatashe, visited the area yesterday, to monitor ...

The South African government faced growing criticism on Wednesday over the deaths of at least 60 unlicenced miners who were ...

This is the first conviction by a Congolese court for unauthorised mining in the country, according to court documents.

Prominent Indonesian environmental forensic expert Bambang Hero Saharjo faces yet another potential lawsuit for serving as a ...

A group representing informal miners in South Africa says least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold mine ...

The trial took place against a backdrop of increasing efforts to combat illegal mineral trafficking in the DRC.