It is believed that the rockfall at Blyvoor Gold mine was triggered by an earthquake close to Carletonville on Thursday morning.

The vast Witwatersrand goldfield, where the Stilfontein mine is located, was the focus of a heady gold rush in the 19th century. But the once-flourishing commercial gold mining industry has gone.

the mining town of Randsburg sprang up around a big gold find — the town and the mine named optimistically for the immense Witwatersrand gold fields in South Africa. In time, more mines yielded ...

Police in the North West have called for relatives of the 78 bodies that were recovered at Buffelsfontein Gold Mine’s shaft no. 11 during the Mine Res ...

Witwatersrand accounts for roughly 30% of all the gold ever mined. Other major sources of gold include the extremely deep Mponeng mine in South Africa, the Super Pit and Newmont Boddington mines ...

Harmony Gold as well as Gold Fields, which operates the South Deep mine in the Witwatersrand Basin. Illegal gold mining has been happening at disused gold mines such as Stilfontein and at existing ...

Its nickname, “City of Gold”, dates back to the 1880s when gold was discovered under the Witwatersrand hills ... Even today, gold mining remains a big part of the city’s identity.

Harmony Gold Mining (NYSE:HMY – Get Free Report) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “hold” rating to a “buy” ...

West Wits Mining Limited ( ($AU:WWI) ) has issued an update. West Wits Mining Limited announced its participation in the 121 Mining Investment ...

The vast Witwatersrand goldfield, where the Stilfontein mine is located, was the focus of a heady gold rush in the 19th century. Now the disused underground galleries attract clandestine workers ...