Gold has been a top asset in 2025, reaching $2,882/oz due to economic uncertainty. Tariffs and supply disruptions in Africa contribute to its rise.

Gold bullion sales are soaring as investors seek to protect themselves against political and economic turmoil - and from ...

A gruesome situation in a South African gold mine underscores the problem of illegal mining and the risk people will take for ...

CARLETONVILLE, South Africa (AP) — A specialized camera was ... while working illegally in the abandoned Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, police said last week. Authorities faced growing anger and ...

CARLETONVILLE, South Africa (AP) — A specialized camera was lowered late last year into an almost 2.6-kilometer- (1.6-mile-) deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of miners were reported ...

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about a week after resurfacing from a disused mine in South Africa where 246 ...

is just one of 6,000 that have been abandoned by South Africa’s gold extraction companies. The vast Witwatersrand goldfield, where the Stilfontein mine is located, was the focus of a heady gold ...

The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87, police said Thursday.

A Jan. 11 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows a large group of people singing, dancing and holding South African flags in an airport baggage claim. "South African firefighters landed ...

South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people died during a police siege, as a local volunteer described the horror ...