The Berkeley Pit has been a festering sore since 1982, when, the Anaconda Copper Co. closed the open-pit mine, turned off the pumps and let water fill it.

Human rights groups have previously voiced serious concern over the number of children working in Venezuela's open gold mines. A pair of boots and other tools used in an open pit mine are seen as ...

One miner called the situation at an illegal open pit gold mine that collapsed in a Venezuelan jungle "terrifying." Multiple people were killed, authorities said.

To offset Resolution Copper’s impacts on the hallowed ground of Oak Flat, the federal government will take possession of a ...

Six people have reportedly died in a tragic accident following the collapse of an illegal mining pit in Wassa Dunkwa, Amenfi West Municipality, Western Region.

The rising water in the Canisteo pit, a string of abandoned mining pits near Bovey, is overtaking the land at a public water access, and there are concerns that the water eventually could overflow ...

BOVEY — A permanent fix to control rising water levels in an old Iron Range mine pit is on the way. As part of this year’s bonding bill, the Minnesota Legislature approved $8.875 million for ...

The Flambeau Mine Reclamation area turned an old mine into a natural gem, but some worry environmental dangers lurk below the surface.

An aerial drone photo taken on Aug 5, 2025 shows a resort which was once a mine pit in Laixi city, East China's Shandong ...

It said open-pit mines represent more than $3.9 billion in investment and 200,000 direct jobs, and warned that a ban would eventually affect supply chains, forcing Mexico to import minerals at a ...