Police are suspected of receiving bribes from the family of a suspect in illegal gold mining on Mount Botak, Buru Island, Maluku.

Police have declared the illegal mining situation in Stilfontein under control, despite the continued resurfacing of new ...

Four police officers are under investigation for allegedly aiding notorious illegal mining kingpin James Neo Tshoaeli’s ...

The law came knocking in Prieska this weekend – and it wasn’t just illegal miners feeling the heat. The bust netted drugs with an estimated street value of R48,000, along with confiscated liquor and ...

In a bold move to dismantle illegal mining operations, the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) crackdown has resulted in ...

The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) and Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) cracked down on three warehouses in ...

Gold mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Okapi Wildlife Reserve is threatening part of the world's second-largest ...

Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni’s “smoke them out” comments in relation to illegal miners were not simply ...

Gbenga Agun, State Commandant of NSCDC, told newsmen on Thursday in Benin that the suspects were arrested at a gold mining site in Ode Forest ...

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Niger State, Jonathan Vatsa, has stated that the two most lucrative businesses in Northern Nigeria are illegal mining and banditry. Vatsa ...

Tarkwa (W/R), Jan. 30, GNA – A 19-year-old illegal miner, who appeared before the Tarkwa District Court One for stealing items worth GH ¢802.00 has been sentenced to three months imprisonment in hard ...

Breaking news.  Matabeleland South Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution Dr Evelyn Ndlovu addresses ...