State University is partnering with Virginia Tech on a new federal initiative that will make use of BSU's existing mining engineering program while promoting growth throughout the Appalachia region.

Over the past 50 years, the mining industry has faced numerous catastrophic accidents linked to geotechnical failures, ...

Mining is one of the most critical industries, providing the resources that fuel global development. However, it remains ...

Zijin Mining has paused production at its Buritica gold mine in Colombia after assailants armed with homemade bombs damaged a key power source, the company said on Saturday.

The derelict Stilfontein shaft, which became a hell hole for hundreds of trapped miners, is just one of 6,000 that have been ...

State mining Inspectors determined that the Mollie Kathleen tourist mine met the provisions of the Regulations for the Mine ...

An investigation into last year’s accident that left 12 people trapped, 4 injured and 1 dead in the Mollie Kathleen Mine in ...

On Thursday the Colorado Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety released the ...

The Leer South Mine in Barbour County, West Virginia will be closed for at least several months after an underground fire broke out there this week.

The Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine elevator breakdown was “not attributed to current mine practices or equipment malfunctions,” ...

Core Natural Resources is working to temporarily seal a part of its Leer South coal mine in West Virginia in an effort to extinguish an underground fire. The fire began Monday and all mine workers ...

The death of a tour guide at a Colorado mine tour in October was caused by "operator error," not mine practices or equipment ...