Across Appalachia, rust-colored water seeps from abandoned coal mines, staining rocks orange and coating stream beds with metals. These acidic discharges, known as acid mine drainage, are among the ...

In conjunction with Anthracite Mining Heritage Month, Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance Director Mike Molesevich will hold ...

Coal mines are notorious sources of acid mine drainage, but the orange sludge that threatens water supplies and wildlife also ...

A joint investigation by The Associated Press and The Gecko Project has found that cyanide, arsenic and copper repeatedly ...

As worldwide demand for rare earth elements and other similar minerals rises – as do tensions among the United States, China ...

The survey will take place in an area of 30,000 square miles being considered for mining that is adjacent to the Rose Atoll ...

This abandoned coal mine has been left untouched for years. Inside, the tunnels, supports, and equipment remain frozen in time. Exploring it reveals how dangerous and demanding underground mining once ...

By Radovan Stoklasa and Jan Lopatka STONAVA, Czech Republic, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The last Czech black coal shaft will shut at the end of January, closing the door on more than 250 years of deep mining ...

One worker was killed and another injured when a roof collapsed at the Mammoth underground coal mine near Blackwater in Central Queensland on Friday afternoon. The two men were trapped underground at ...

The Gianforte administration wants the U.S. Department of Interior to open up millions of acres of coal land in eastern Montana's Powder River Basin for future leasing and doesn't believe the two ...

Critical minerals in the state include antimony, arsenic, barite, beryllium, cesium, fluorspar, graphite, lithium, manganese, ...

The Hampton Township Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Consumers Energy's request to build the facility, which is expected to create jobs and generate tax revenue.