In addition, USAU was expected to receive final approval from Wyoming regulators to begin construction of the gold and copper mine in Laramie County. The company received all the necessary permits ...

A miner in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan poured water over a block of jade, exposing the green stone that is part of the Taliban authorities' push to capitalise on the country's rich ...

Wind farm operators in Wyoming and across the nation can now bury decommissioned wind turbine blades and other materials at surface coal mines in the state — a solution of mutual benefit to both ...

Illegal miners said they had to eat cockroaches after police cut off their food supply. Rescue workers retrieved at least 78 bodies from an illegal gold mine in South Africa, where police cut off ...

South African police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought out all the survivors and retrieved all the bodies after hundreds of ...

South African police have launched a manhunt for a Lesotho gang member believed to have controlled operations at an illegal gold mine where 78 bodies were recovered last week during a police siege ...

Illegal miners had taken over the shaft that was once part of South Africa’s vast mining industry. No longer viable for commercial mining, the men entered illicitly, hoping to ease their poverty ...

From 2012 to 2022, 34 mining workers lost their lives to ground failure. Two South Dakota Mines professors ... design alternatives focused on ore pass placement, rock mechanics considerations ...

South Africa police search for gold mine gangster 'Tiger' 01/20/2025 January 20, 2025 A gang leader suspected of running illegal gold mining operations in South Africa has escaped police custody.

Thousands of illegal miners, known as "zama zamas" ("those who try their luck" in Zulu), operate in mineral-rich South Africa. The mine in Stilfontein - some 145km (90 miles) south-west of ...