Rights groups say the South African police cut off food and water supplies to starve the miners out, resulting in at least 87 ...
Advocates say mining would create jobs and help the economy; opponents say mining will pollute the precious boundary waters.
With many openpit mines in Southern Africa reaching maturity, the scope for underground mining promises to create new opportunities for shaft sinking and underground mining specialists. As a leader in ...
The unexpected discovery of a former mine shaft is unlikely to delay the rebuilding of a Nottinghamshire landmark, a council has said. Brinsley Headstocks is currently being re-erected after it was ...
SSR says a study has shown that the tragic heap leach pad slide in Turkey last February was probably the result of faulty design engineering by a third party.
Dozens of men sat and lay together in small caves, some so shallow they couldn’t stand up. The air was wet and stuffy, and ...
The Stilfontein Crisis Committee has accused the police of killing over 100 miners who remain underground at a disused ...
While deep within one of the mine shafts, Albert suffered a medical emergency, which those with him believed was a heart attack. Alaska State Trooper Sergeant Rob Jensen said the man was having ...
Harrow Hill: a Neolithic flint mine today Neolithic flint mines are the earliest industrial monuments in Britain. First dug into the chalk from around 4000 BC, these shafts were cut in order to ...
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Wabun Tribal Council is throwing its support behind a Timmins mine operator in the face of an Indigenous legal challenge against the Ontario government and Newmont to halt a proposed new mine. The ...