While there are obvious safety risks associated with these old mines, experts are also sounding the alarm on environmental ...

The best solution is to close off the mines — but that is a tall order, simply because there are so many. In the gold ... New Mexican. Even if mining companies "would like to clean up abandoned ...

Utah has about 17,000 abandoned mine openings, and those who wish to clear the danger face a number of legal hurdles.

The Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned ... a mine near Silverton and sent 3 million gallons of heavy metal-laden water into the watershed turning the Animas River a sickly yellow. The Gold ...

Although legislation that puts new programs and policies in place can help, the unfortunate truth is that cleaning up hundreds of thousands of abandoned mines is going to cost a lot of money.” ...

The latest demands from illegal miners occupying an abandoned gold mine resembles a Christmas wish ... miners resurfaced on Monday, a note with new demands was also brought up.

I’d be lying to you if I didn’t tell you it feels a little bit like a loss,” a Pennsylvania State Police spokesperson said ...

Growing demand for the lithium used in batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage has created a new frontier for mining in Nigeria.