Heavy flooding in Romania's Harghita County has caused critical conditions at the historic Praid salt mine, a major tourist attraction. Authorities are assessing the damage. Heavy flooding in ...

The floods in recent days have swollen a stream near the partially inundated salt mine, which has been shut down since 5 May. The mine is among the biggest tourist attractions in northern Romania ...

This can cause serious environmental, social and economic damage. One such mine disaster happened in February 2025 in Zambia at the Sino-Metals Leach Zambia copper mine. Over 50 million litres of ...

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Advocates had called for holding a hearing on Wayne Palmer to lead the Mine Safety and Health Administration. A Senate panel on Thursday advanced President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead federal ...

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's Sibanye Stillwater said on Friday that efforts were under way to rescue 289 mine workers trapped underground at one of its shafts at the Kloof gold mine near ...

EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration has helped launch the first-ever U.S. mine for a critical mineral largely dominated by China, which controls about half of global production, Fox News Digital ...

Located on State-managed land, the Cowboy State Mine benefits from a significantly simplified permitting framework compared to projects on Federal lands. The groundwater wells will now be ...

Editor's note: This is the second part of a two-part series about the Red Chris Mine in Canada, which could contaminate Southeast Alaska waters. Read Part 1 here. Red Chris Mine sits 25 miles from ...

The Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Apaches seeking to block a copper mine project on sacred land in Arizona. This decision upholds lower court rulings that permit the land ...

BEIJING (AP) — Water rushed into a coal mine in northwestern China’s Gansu province, leaving three workers dead, official state news agency Xinhua reported Tuesday. There were 133 people ...

Rescue efforts were under way in South Africa on Friday as more than 200 miners were trapped at a gold mine for a second day. Mining company Sibanye-Stillwater said on Thursday that the miners ...