Hundreds of illegal miners holed up in disused shaft in South …
Nov 14, 2024 · Several hundred people are believed to remain in an illegal mine in South Africa after the government cut off vital supplies and refused to help them, in a dramatic bid to crack down on the...
South African miners trapped underground: What you need to know
Nov 18, 2024 · Illegal mining for gold, diamonds or other minerals is deeply widespread in South Africa, and has gone on for decades, with about 30,000 people involved by 2019.
South Africa's illegal gold miners are locked in an underground ...
4 days ago · JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Sleeping next to decomposing corpses and surviving on a foul mixture of toothpaste mixed with toilet paper. That's how an unknown number of unauthorized miners — believed to be in the hundreds — have been surviving for weeks, possibly months, over a mile deep underground in a disused mine shaft in the South African town of …
Illegal gold mining drives deforestation in DRC reserve home to ...
1 day ago · >Illegal mining inside the Okapi Wildlife Reserve in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to spread, satellite data show, driving environmental devastation. Deforestation ...
Court orders South Africa police to end mine stand-off | CNN
Nov 17, 2024 · The police force said that operations would continue at all abandoned and disused mining shafts in the Stilfontein area and repeated their request for all illegal miners to resurface.
4,000 miners cut off from supplies in underground standoff ... - CBS News
Nov 14, 2024 · Johannesburg — More than 4,000 miners locked in a standoff with South African authorities over illegal mining were believed to be sick and increasingly weak inside an abandoned mine shaft...
South Africa’s government won’t help the illegal miners inside a …
Nov 14, 2024 · South Africa’s government says it will not help an estimated 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North West province who have been denied access to basic supplies as part of an official strategy against illegal mining.
South Africa's Ramaphosa calls for safe recovery of illegal miners ...
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 18 (Reuters) - South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday lives should not be put at risk in a standoff between police and hundreds of illegal miners stuck...
Illegal mines, pollution and a thirsty global market: Anger ... - NBC News
Mercury and other heavy metals in the country have contaminated over 60% of the West African country’s water sources, according to Ghana’s Water Resources Commission. ACCRA, Ghana — Illegal...
Galamsey: Ghana's illegal gold mining industry causes …
Water from a polluted river in Ghana was so thick and discoloured that an artist was able to use it as paint to depict the environmental devastation caused by the illegal gold mining that has...