BEIJING, May 31 (Reuters) - A mine shaft collapse during an illegal mining operation in China's southwestern Yunnan province killed five people ‌and injured one, state media reported, days after the ...

The Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, called for an investigation and emphasized the need to “hold those responsible to account.” By Catie Edmondson China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, called on Saturday for a ...

A gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China has killed at least 82 people, according to state media, the country’s deadliest mining disaster in more than a decade. Rescue efforts are still ...

About a decade after he bought a shuttered rare earths mine that was, literally, partially underwater, MP Materials CEO James Litinsky has transformed his business into a pivotal player in America's ...

Down at the bottom of 380 dizzying steps, the walls are an imperfect gray. They look like rock — but they taste salty. How do visitors know? They’re encouraged to lick them. Just to the southeast of ...

ISHPEMING, MI — Ownership of the only operating primary nickel mine in the United States is changing under a deal that reflects intensifying pressure to secure domestic supplies of minerals used in ...

Developers’ efforts to overturn the cancellation of a vast gold and copper mine planned for southwest Alaska are getting a boost from national mining and pro-business groups, including the U.S.

The team behind plans to reopen a tin mine have said they are optimistic they will begin commercial extraction by mid-2028. Engineers have pumped water out of the flooded South Crofty mine, in Pool, ...

The ground usually shakes twice a day in Mount Isa — it has done so for seven decades. But today, the underground blasts won't happen. It's a silence that marks the end of copper mining in one of the ...

In 2013, as certain butterfly populations plummeted across North American prairies, Canadian conservationist Cary Hamel explained why people should care. “Butterflies are a bit of a canary in a coal ...

BOYERS, Pa. — As you ride in a golf cart into the mouth of the Iron Mountain limestone mine, the temperature change is immediately noticeable. The natural climate control provided by the rough-hewn ...