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An idle Cape Breton underground coal mine that has been plagued by rockfalls is reportedly up for sale.
ASX-listed Australian Pacific Coal (AQC) has effectively relinquished control of its Dartbrook mine in New South Wales following administrator and receiver appointments amid a debt default to ...
A mine employee is missing after an “underground incident” was reported early Friday morning in Jefferson County.
A death investigation is underway after a man died at an abandoned mine in Breathitt County.
A planned “world-class” zinc and lead mine near Patagonia in Santa Cruz County would create several thousand jobs in the depressed area and pump $676 million annually into the state’s ...
The gaping mouth of Resolution Copper Mining’s No. 10 shaft is 28 feet across and opens into a sheer drop of nearly 7,000 feet, making it the deepest continuous mine shaft in the United States ...
The developer of what would be the first new coal mine in Wyoming in decades is launching a potentially half-billion-dollar effort to extract rare earth metals from the fossil fuel that are ...
18 miners are trapped underground after a gold mine collapse in northwest Colombia. Rescue efforts are underway, with authorities activating emergency protocols.
Barrick Mining is in talks to sell its last Canadian gold mine to Discovery Silver, according to those familiar with the matter, Read more.
Shares of Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd., the owner of Alaska’s Pebble mine project, plunged as much as 55% Thursday before paring losses.
A complete and “perfectly preserved” Ice Age horse skull fossil was unearthed at a Hester Creek placer mine in Canada’s Klondike region of the Yukon territory.
Miners in northeastern Pennsylvania are urging safety after a man was rescued from an abandoned mine shaft in Luzerne County over the weekend.