As illegal mining flourishes in South Africa, a growing health disaster is unfolding underground and in surrounding communities, threatening lives and overwhelming public health systems. Beyond ...

Brazil has 3,943 mining sites showing signs of abandonment, or 11% of the country's authorized operations, according to a new ...

A group of white Afrikaners was so opposed to majority Black rule when apartheid ended some three decades ago that they ...

Written by Anchen Coetzee Once upon a time, not so long ago, South Africa was the global giant of asbestos mining. With over ...

The mining industry in KwaZulu-Natal is in crisis, with significant job losses and limited new opportunities, prompting fears ...

The town's dust is still heavily contaminated with lead after nearly 100 years of lead mining and ... based in South Africa.

A once-prosperous town on Africa ... largely abandoned, with crumbling coral buildings the only trace of its wealthy past. Suakin, located in northeastern Sudan around 36 miles south of Port ...

Abandoned vehicles littered submerged roads across South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley Thursday and Friday after over half year’s worth of rain - approaching a full year’s worth in some places ...

French corporations have survived flag changes, military coups, economic crises and terrorist attacks in Africa ... and entire villages turn into abandoned ruins. Entire communities are faced ...

Mountain ranges wrap around you from left and right. This small town’s beauty is awe-inspiring. It is chock-full of picturesque views, good food and drinks, and a bounty of art galleries and artisanal ...

The brick buildings in the old station were gutted and abandoned ... at the Big Hole — a nod to mining’s exploitative history in South Africa. De Aar, a town and railroad junction in the ...