A former mineworker has urged the government to share out a pension scheme surplus, leading to extra pension payments for thousands of former staff. Stuart Porthouse, who spent 32 years working at ...

Former mineworker David Macana fought hard to overcome a pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis - not just once, but three times - and is now determined to ensure that other people also beat the odds and ...

Miners’ Strike should ‘never be forgotten’, says mineworker 40 years on ·PA Media: Money Dave Higgens, PA Thu, 29 Feb 2024, 2:53 am5 min read ...

Canada-headquartered Majestic Gold has suspended operations at its Denggezhuang (DGZ) underground mine in China’s Shandong province following a fatal accident involving a mineworker struck by loose ...

GroundUp publishes original public interest news. We mainly cover education, health, sanitation, immigration and human rights stories.

Brad Fabel, a former Kentucky mineworker, struck a birdie motherlode Friday at Oakwood Country Club.The 31-year-old Fabel shot a 5-under-par 65 to go with his 64 Thursday to take the 36-hole lead ...

A mineworker died in an accident at Blyvoor Gold mine in Carletonville, west of Johannesburg, yesterday while several of his colleagues were injured. Several ambulances and a helicopter were ...

A mineworker at a coal mine near Dundee in northern KwaZulu-Natal died on Wednesday when a roof support apparently collapsed and struck him. Norman Slater, MD of Slater Coal, which operates the ...

A mineworker died in an accident at Blyvoor Gold mine in Carletonville, west of Johannesburg, yesterday while several of his colleagues were injured.

The title of the world's oldest man is now held by an Italian, according to media reports. Arturo Licata, a 111-year-old former mineworker from Sicily, earned the title after former record holder ...

In 2008, James Ntseane borrowed 8,000 rand ($931) from African Bank Investments Ltd. to pay for his grandmother’s funeral in the South African village of Ganyesa. It seemed so easy the platinum ...