Caves were used during nationwide Prohibition (1920-1933) and during the subsequent years when Alabama laws continued to make ...

Bitcoin mining involves solving complex mathematical puzzles, validating transactions and securing the network. Miners compete to find the correct hash, adding new blocks to the blockchain and ...

Mining is the process of adding and validating transaction records on the Bitcoin public blockchain ledger while securing uptime for the network. This is how the network persists without relying ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — South African police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought out all the survivors and retrieved ...

An ongoing dispute over ownership stakes in Barrick's operation in Mali has led to the arrest of mining officials, the government's gold seizure and the company's shutdown of its mine For years ...

Thirty-six bodies have been lifted from an abandoned South African gold mine over two days, police say. There are fears dozens of people are still underground despite a months-long effort to force ...

With growing concerns about the rise of illegal mining in the area, Stilfontein is now believed to be the epicentre of the country’s black market for illicit gold. Mineral Resources Minister ...

People entered the abandoned mine hoping to find remnants of gold (File photo from November 2024)Image: AP Photo/picture alliance kb,sms/ftm,ab (AP, AFP, Reuters) Send us your feedback ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold mine, where they have languished for over ...

One of the results of this transaction, when completed, will be to consolidate the Project with Agnico Eagle’s adjacent Canadian Malartic Complex located to the south and west, and the ...

Thirty-six bodies have been lifted out of an abandoned South African gold mine over two days, police said yesterday, with fears that dozens of people are still underground despite a months-long ...

Rescuers recovered 34 more bodies of illegal miners on Tuesday from an abandoned gold mine near Stilfontein, about 140 kilometers (90 miles) southwest of Johannesburg, where they were hiding out ...