South African police lowered a camera down more than 1.5 km underground into an illegal gold mine on Thursday to ascertain if any survivors or corpses were still there after a months-long siege by ...

Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...

South African police said Wednesday they have ended a rescue operation and believe they have brought out all the survivors ...

Rescuers have sent a cage-like structure into one of South Africa’s deepest gold mines to bring out survivors among hundreds ...

The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve ...

Producers of metals and other raw materials rose amid deal activity. Roofing materials distributor Beacon Roofing Supply rallied after it rejected an $11 billion buyout offer from rival ...

Hundreds are still trapped at the Stilfontein gold mine, a rights group said. Authorities tried to flush out the miners by ...

No more illegal miners are believed to be trapped underground at a gold mine in South Africa, volunteers working with rescue ...