In 1966, a spoil-heap landslide crushed Pantglas Primary School in the coal-mining village of Aberfan near Merthyr Tydfil, ...

In 1959, miners in Pennsylvania faced a nightmare when the Susquehanna River broke into an underground coal mine. Water ...

Monk, whose son was one of 29 workers killed in the 2010 Pike River disaster in New Zealand, extends condolences to the ...

Toxic waste from a Chinese mine in Zambia washed through homes and fields. Compensation offers are tied to nondisclosure.

In February 2025, a waste pit at a copper mine operated by Sino-Metals Leach Zambia collapsed, releasing millions of gallons of highly acidic toxic sludge laced with heavy metals into nearby rivers ...

Environmental groups are knocking the Trump administration’s decision to open thousands of acres for coal mining that are a stone’s throw away from beloved public lands like Zion, Bryce Canyon and ...

A Union Pacific derailment in Plumas County spilled about 1,400 tons of coal into the Middle Fork Feather River. State law ...

Oct 5 (Reuters) - Miner Freeport (FCX.N), opens new tab said on Sunday that all seven workers who went missing after a mud-flow disaster at Indonesia's Grasberg copper and gold mine have been ...

TerraCom has announced an updated JORC Code Resource and Reserve assessment for its Blair Athol Mine near Clermont, extending the site’s life to 2033. The company said despite annual depletion, the ...

One hundred years ago, a catastrophic flood carrying enormous boulders swept through part of Dolgarrog village, north Wales, destroying several homes, a bridge and the local chapel. Ten adults and six ...

Five coal miners lost their lives in a tragic mine collapse in the Kurram district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa,.The victims hailed from Shangla district. Authorities confimed, rescue operation continued to ...