The huge investment comes after campaigning by locals and could see it become a first of its kind energy source.

Across the United States, thousands of abandoned coal mines sit quietly beneath the ground. Old tunnels, empty shafts and ...

An outback mining town in WA that lost its motorcycle club during the COVID pandemic is pushing to revive the once popular sport of motocross. The track in the Pilbara town of Newman used to attract ...

A final report from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) shows that there is no significant risk to human health from radium in landfill leachate.

Two former coal mining sites in Schuylkill County that suffered heavy environmental damage during those operations decades ago and were then abandoned, will now be restored through two state grants ...

Two projects in Schuylkill County aimed at reclaiming abandoned mine lands and improving water quality have been awarded nearly $8.1 million in state funding, according to Sen. Dave Argall (R-29) and ...

Eleven people were injured in Homs after a rocket from war remnants exploded inside an abandoned military barracks, ...

The following projects received a total of $8.1 million in highly competitive state grant funds: Woodlands for Wildlife — ...

With dozens of abandoned mine shafts lining the outskirts of Johannesburg, illegal mining is rife in the area as heavily ...

South African soldiers deployed to high-crime areas have dismantled illegal gold mining operations in a community near ...

A startup backed by Silicon Valley venture firm Andreessen Horowitz plans to revive an idled copper mine in Utah to test new technology aimed at automating operations. Mariana Minerals acquired the ...

Beneath parts of the Appalachian Mountains, thousands of mine shafts still descend deep into the earth. Some of these vertical passages drop more than 1,000 feet, connecting long corridors carved ...