Canadian miner Lundin must permanently close its Alcaparrosa copper mine in Chile, the South American nation's environmental regulator said on Thursday, after a massive sinkhole cracked open near the ...

A new international mining sector standard, compiled by some of the industry’s most powerful players, is the latest example ...

The court asked all the respondents to file the latest status report regarding action taken by the state government to stop ...

Rescuers recovered the body of a second miner on Wednesday after water and mud poured into underground tunnels at the Velenje coal mine in northeastern Slovenia, STA news agency reported.

"Navy divers, who were requisitioned for rescue operations since January 7 have been withdrawn and moved out of the site," another official said. Nine workers were trapped inside the mine in Umrangsu ...

Islamabad: Two miners have been killed when a coal mine collapsed in Pakistan‘s restive Balochistan province, the second mining disaster in the area within a week. The tragedy hit on Sunday in the ...

coal mine disasters and worker fatalities occur regularly. In March last year, about 12 miners were killed in a gas explosion at a coalpit in Harnai. In May 2018, two nearby coal mines collapsed ...

Mining accidents are regrettably frequent, particularly in resource-rich Balochistan, as the country's already-lax safety regulations are openly flouted, miners lack the clout to force owners to ...

The BLS estimates that by December of 2024, that figure had dropped to 42,600. The number of U.S. coal mining industry jobs have been declining for many years. In January of 1986, 169,700 people ...

It is one of the worst industrial accidents in the state's history ... In Buffalo Creek, one of the Pittston Coal Company's coal slurry impoundment dams bursts, unleashing 175 million gallons ...

Image credit: Suroj Barman Guwahati: The Assam Police has arrested one more person in connection with the Umrangso coal mine tragedy in Dima Hasao, Assam. The arrested person has been identified as ...