South African government seeks experts' help to bring illegal miners to the surface
The South African government says it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a plan to bring to ...
Hundreds of illegal miners holed up in disused shaft in South Africa. Here’s what we know
Several hundred people are believed to remain in an illegal mine in South Africa after the government cut off vital supplies ...
Volunteers enter South Africa shaft to aid miners
Illegal miners are called "zama zama" ("take a chance" in Zulu) and operate in abandoned mines in the mineral-rich country.
South African police in standoff with hundreds of illegal miners in disused shaft
South African police were in a standoff on Thursday with hundreds of illegal miners believed to be underground in a disused ...
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Illegal Miners attempt to mine at Neung South Forest Reserve
Reports indicate that some unidentified illegal miners are planning to enter and mine in the Neung South Forest Reserve, in ...
Commerce Department finalizes $6.6 billion semiconductor deal with TSMC
The Biden administration announced on Friday that the Commerce Department awarded TSMC Arizona $6.6 billion in direct funding ...
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Illegal Gold Finances Latin America’s Dictators & Cartels. The United States Must Lead the Fight Against It.
Latin America’s criminal organizations used to make most of their billions trafficking drugs. But now, in Colombia, Peru, the ...
Families gather at South African mine shaft where hundreds are feared underground
Desperate family members of illegal miners believed to number in the hundreds waited outside a disused mine shaft in South ...
Sri Lanka's leftist National People's Party coaltion sweeps to power in parliamentary election
The National People's Power alliance of Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake swept to power after a snap ...
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Nigerian govt arrests 300 illegal miners in nationwide crackdown
The Federal Government has arrested 300 illegal miners, including foreign nationals, as part of a sweeping initiative to ...
South Africa’s government won’t help the illegal miners inside a closed mine
South Africa’s government says it will not help an estimated 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North ...
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'We are poisoning ourselves': Ghana gold rush sparks environmental disaster
Mercury is increasingly being used to extract gold by miners digging on a massive scale ... This is the term used by locals to describe the illegal mining taking place at thousands of sites ...