An African mine that once drove the country's economy became a ghost town, but now it is enjoying a huge recovery.

The UK is home to many ancient sites, but few are as fascinating as the abandoned Roman gold mines hidden in the Welsh countryside. The Dolaucothi Gold Mines in Carmarthenshire date back over ...

Experts said current mine closure regulations in Latin America are insufficient and the planning and development of responsible closure plans should focus on managing both social and environmental ...

Just over a year ago, at least 40 people were killed after a tunnel collapsed in a mine. It is also common for illegal miners - mostly women - to try to recover gold from abandoned sites due to ...

The disaster occurred near the town of Kenieba in Mali’s gold-rich Kayes region, Taoule Camara, secretary general of the National Union of Gold Counters and Refineries (UCROM), told Reuters.

Though the gold mines may be long closed and the town abandoned, the Gold King Mine and Ghost Town remains one of the most captivating ghost towns in the United States, where the past and present ...

Deep in the Mojave National Preserve lies an old open pit mine where workers dug and drilled for gold and silver from the ...

Saturday's accident took place at an abandoned site formerly operated by a Chinese company, sources told AFP. In January, a landslide at a gold mine in southern Mali killed at least 10 people and ...

A coalition of environmental groups sued the Trump administration this week to try to thwart the approval of the Stibnite Gold Project ... The project offers the abandoned mine site the only ...

Andrea Brickey, (PhD MinE 99) has been immersed in both mining and education for her entire life. With a father who worked as a coal miner and a mother who was a teacher, it’s no surprise that she ...