This gold mine, at its peak ... and approximately 49 miles from Johannesburg, Blyvoor Mine once lay completely abandoned and became an eerily quiet ghost town. This was because of a host of ...

This also impacts the overall wellbeing of the environment and is a risk to the sustainability of the mining industry. Last year, the SAPS had to guard an abandoned gold mine near Stilfontein in ...

An African mine that once drove the country's economy became a ghost town, but now it is enjoying a huge recovery.

A copper mine in British Columbia produces a metal the world needs to phase out fossil fuels. It holds promise — and danger.

Neometals also has its eye on the Barrambie Ranges, where a heritage survey will pave the way for reverse circulation drilling below the historic Golden Treasure and Barrambie North mines. These were ...

[James Omoro, Standard]. Four men have died in an abandoned gold mine in Homa Bay County while stealing gold. The four men died in the mine located at Ruga village, Kowidi Location in Rachuonyo ...

Not every town gets to stick around forever. Some start with a bang—gold rush fever, a mining boom, a railroad deal—only to ...

In 2016, gold was valued at around $1200 an ounce. Today, it’s $2900. Around thirty thousand zama-zamas are thought to operate across more than six thousand abandoned mines in South Africa. Most of ...

Boys in the Boat put a global spotlight on the University of Washington. Even Hollywood royalty came calling. In this ...

After arriving in California in late 1859, Hannah settled in a town 30 miles southwest of Sutter’s Fort called Vacaville. She ...