Around $83 billion in gold may lie buried underneath a Chinese gold reserve in what could be the largest high-quality gold ...

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Johannesburg was discovered in 1886, following the discovery of the main Witwatersrand gold reef, which today houses the world's deepest mine. The Witwatersrand, known locally as the Rand and ...

This gold mine, at its peak, was one of the biggest mines in this African country and boasted of having the highest per capita earnings in the world. The mine was so successful that it helped ...

Using armadas of supersize machines, these big-footprint mines produce three-quarters of the world's gold. They can also bring jobs, technologies, and development to forgotten frontiers.

NEW DELHI--Japan’s Sado Island gold mine formally gained World Cultural Heritage status during a meeting of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO here on July 27. The decision brings the ...

and economic lives of gold miners. Some of the pieces that give a better understanding of the social component of the mine include 628 pieces of broken pottery—many inscribed with hieroglyphic ...