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 ...

A massive gold deposit buried deep in China's Hunan province is reshaping the future of global mining. Tucked beneath the ...

The find, which was reported in late 2024, could be one of the largest high-quality gold reserves in the world, surpassing even South Africa’s South Deep mine, which holds around 900 metric tons ...

The Grasberg mine, one of the largest gold mines in the world, is located in the remote highlands of the Sudirman mountain ...