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The 656-foot-deep sinkhole was found Saturday near a mining site. Investigators are working to determine what caused the sinkhole to open, and say they have seen a lot of water inside.

Efforts to rescue 10 miners trapped in a collapsed and flooded coal mine in northern Mexico have intensified with hundreds of people involved in the operation

Illegal and unregulated artisanal gold mining on the Witwatersrand Basin, located south of South Africa’s Gauteng province, is an increasing threat to community, industrial and state security. Reports on turf wars between rival gangs, or shootouts between illegal miners and security officers are commonplace.

A giant, perfectly circular 32-meter (104 ft) sinkhole has opened up in Chile's northern mining region. The hole appeared on Saturday near the Alcaparrosa copper mine in Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó province.One member of the Tierra Amarilla community told Chilean TV the incident confounded their fears about the site, which is…

The mother of a bankrupt mining executive who improperly held assets including several multimillion properties in her son's name is back in court.

Plundering the Pacific for its rich natural resources has a long pedigree. Think of the European companies strip-mining Nauru for its phosphate and leaving behind a moonscape.

The first in a new Guardian series on remarkable new species being found in the oceans introduces a creature with a special trick

A photographer spends 18 months documenting Kalgoorlie-Boulder's pub scene to shed some light on the mining city's famous skimpy barmaids — with their permission, of course.

National oil and gas conglomerate PTT Plc has decided to sell its Indonesian coal mining business for US$471 million as the firm continues to move towards clean energy.