Karowe which means “precious stone” in Setswana is regarded as one of the world’s most valuable diamond mines. Originally ...

Joaquin Arambula, one of Fresno's state assemblymen, is trying to stop a blast mine on the San Joaquin River. Federal ...

Methane emissions from a large open-cast coal mine in Australia are three to eight times higher than reported. This has been ...

The story of this giant hole in the ground is woven into Utah’s history, but it’s also left its mark on our planet Earth.

People have always been obsessed with diamonds with many on the quest to find the biggest and most valuable. This fascination is thousands of years old with our ancestors believing that precious ...

BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- China has initiated the large-scale operation of its domestically developed 120-tonne pure-electric mining trucks in open-pit mines, marking a breakthrough in the ...

In Sanski Most, Bosnia and Herzegovina, an open-pit brown coal mine is sparking protests among locals. Farmers say the mine threatens their livelihoods and are leading the fight to protect their land.

Deep in the Mojave National Preserve lies an old open pit mine where workers dug and drilled for gold and silver from the late 1800s to the 1990s. Miners are back at the Colosseum Mine today—but ...

Copper mining is crucial for modern infrastructure ... “However, this process requires huge amounts of energy to break open the rocks and also generates a lot of waste.” ...

CHANDLER, Ind. (WEHT) — Chandler residents are leaving their homes due to safety concerns after an underground mine collapse leaves nearly a dozen homes damaged, and some irreparable.