But there's a tradeoff, as residents have learned near Charlotte, where a big open-pit mine is proposed. A company called Piedmont Lithium wants to build a mine and processing operation on 1,500 ...

LA PARAGUA, Venezuela — An illegally operated open-pit gold mine collapsed in central Venezuela while dozens of people were working there, leaving an undetermined number dead or trapped ...

At least 16 people died when the mud wall of an illegal gold mine collapsed in the jungles of southern Venezuela, officials said Thursday, revising down an earlier figure. The incident happened ...

The wall of an open pit mine in central Venezuela collapsed on Tuesday, reportedly leaving dozens of workers trapped under mud and sparking a frantic rescue effort. Venezuelan newspaper El ...

An April 3 Facebook video (direct link, archive link) shows an image of an oil rig in a green field followed by an image of an open-pit mine. Text in the post labels the mine as a "lithium mine." ...

A proposed open pit industrial-grade garnet mine located approximately 4.5 miles southeast of Alder is the focus of a scoping meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, in the Alder Community ...