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Additional police officers have been deployed to the Jerusalem informal settlement in Florida following a shootout between suspected illegal miners.

Gauteng police commissioner Elias Mawela led the crackdown on Thursday, as officers went door to door, looking for, among other things weapons, illegal goods, and wanted suspects.

After residents of an isolated village reported attacks by alien-like beings, police investigated and said the attacks were by illegal miners with jetpacks.

The Supreme Court on Monday(August 14) directed the Centre to consider whether a cap on iron ore mining needs to be imposed in the state of Odisha as was done for Karnataka and Goa while hearing a...

The Uttarakhand High Court has directed State authorities to file response to a plea filed against alleged illegal mining and felling of trees in Salan Gaon, Dehradun.The bench of Chief Justice Vipin...

A suspected illegal miner was arrested in Riverlea, south of Johannesburg, following a shootout with members of the police's National Intervention Unit.

Eyewitness News delves deeper into the issues surrounding illegal mining in South Africa, and looks at why authorities are struggling to get a handle on the matter.

Bangka Belitung regional police detained 46 illegal lead miners from August 1-12, 2023.

Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said that Cabinet supported the deployment of a special police unit working with the military to clamp down on illegal mining.

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