A mining company is exploring the possibility of building a new mine underneath a wilderness area in northwest Montana.

The ground in Mount Isa usually shakes twice a day with mine blasts, but today silence signals the end of era.

The problem with building a potash mine when it is 40 degrees below freezing point BHP is keeping the faith in potash long-term, but looking at better ways to get bang for its buck while global ...

Shafts lie exposed and gold washing takes place everywhere. Inside the zama zama tunnels there is evidence of mining equipment, the bare basics, old filthy shoes and overalls, half-eaten meals.

Eighteen workers trapped for about 18 hours in a gold mine in north-western Colombia have been rescued by emergency crews, the country's government has said. The miners became stuck on Thursday in ...

A new £32m Eden Project attraction is being built inside a disused quarry on Dorset’s Jurassic Coast. Opening 2028.

We visited an illegal mine shaft on Snake road in Brakpan, where the miners are literally entering underneath the road.

Miners in northeastern Pennsylvania are urging safety after a man was rescued from an abandoned mine shaft in Luzerne County over the weekend.

From Mine Shafts to Classrooms: How a Cobalt Mining Town is Reclaiming Childhood and Rebuilding Hope * 8,200 young people formerly working in the mines are being supported to integrate into school, ...

A former mine worker, Marie once spent her days sorting and washing cobalt to survive. Today, she's a trained poultry farmer. "I used to collect and wash minerals to sell them," she sighs.

Thirteen-year-old Beni Cial Yumba Musoya used to spend her days scavenging for cobalt under the scorching sun in the artisanal mines of Kolwezi. Today, she dreams of donning a white coat and saving ...