South African authorities have for years struggled to stop groups of miners from going into some of the gold-rich country's 6,000 abandoned or closed mines to search for leftover deposits. According ...

7, 2025. The mine is an example of a small and hazardous "rat hole" mine. More Indian Army/AP The miners became trapped on Monday morning in India's northeastern Assam state. The mine is in the ...

Colonel Sinothi Ndaba of the Benoni SAPS and deputy district commissioner Brigadier Lebohang Machakela at Operation Shanela ...

Authorities in Assam's Dima Hasao district seal rat-hole mines and seize equipment following a tragic flooding incident.

Tragic coal mine accident in Assam prompts crackdown on illegal mining operations, activists demand action from government.

Divers have retrieved the body of one of at least nine miners trapped inside a flooded coal mine in India as they race against time to save workers stuck in a "rat hole". The miners became trapped ...

The notorious hotspot for illegal mining activity on Golden Drive is reportedly quiet following the launch of Operation Vala Mgodi (Close the Holes) on January 27. According to SAPS Ekurhuleni ...

Despite being banned, rat-hole mining remains a prevalent practice. What makes this hazardous practice so dangerous, and how did it play a crucial role in the Uttarakhand tunnel rescue of 2023? Here's ...

Guwahati: Gauhati high court has taken suo moto cognisance of the rat-hole coal mine disaster at Umrangso in Assam's Dima ...

Miners desperate for money risk working at rat-hole mines, which are still in operation in the North East despite curbs and a ban in Meghalaya.

Five miners managed to escape but the rescue efforts ... In January 2024, six workers were killed after a fire broke out in a rat-hole coal mine in Nagaland state.