On the morning of February 24th, 1923, a routine ascent from the depths of Medomsley Colliery turned into one of the darkest ...

The price of eggs, along with bird flu and birth rights has become annoyingly prominent in the news. As indicators of the ...

Mine rescue workers host up a cage that was used to rescue trapped miners at an abandoned gold mine (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) From ...

Hundreds are still believed to be trapped on Wednesday and the death toll is expected to rise in a disaster ... A specialist mining rescue company has been dropping a small cage thousands of ...

Authorities initially deemed it too dangerous for official rescue personnel to enter the mine, leaving community volunteers familiar with its layout to descend in the cage. Here, they pulled ...

Although the cage’s recommended passenger count is ... The MMRW’s development was inspired by the 2010 Chilean mining disaster, where a lengthy rescue operation highlighted the need for ...

Rights groups say police used starvation as a weapon to force out illegal miners, resulting in close to 80 deaths.

The Marikana massacre in 2012 saw 34 mineworkers shot dead by police during a six-week at Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg ... has started using a metal cage to recover the miners and bodies ...

Discover how South Africa's innovative Mobile Mines Rescue Winder played a pivotal role in rescuing 246 miners from the Stilfontein mine tragedy, showcasing the nation's engineering capabilities.

Mine rescue workers hoist up a cage that was used to rescue trapped ... for a “full and transparent” investigation into the “disaster”. The DA also said the role of government agencies ...

A court-ordered rescue operation was launched on Monday and more than 240 survivors were brought out in small groups in a metal cage ... Gold Mine, the scene of the disaster, became a police ...