A mine shaft collapse has created a 50ft wide crater on farmland near Bishop Auckland, the The Mining Remediation Authority has said.

The violation was documented on multiple occasions by officers of the Local Police and supported by technical reports from ...

A herd of nine Asian elephants has been relocated from Melbourne Zoo to Werribee Open Range Zoo, covering a distance of 36 ...

The Nature Conservancy and the Cumberland Forest Limited Partnership are turning former Appalachian coal mines into clean energy hubs.

Although many households are cutting back on miscellaneous spending during the cost-of-living crisis, there are still a variety of free and low-cost activities that families can ...

Federal employee retirements are processed using paper, by hand, in an old limestone mine in Pennsylvania. 700+ mine workers operate 230 feet underground to process ~10,000 applications per month, ...

BHP has picked former bank boss Ross McEwan to be its next chair, succeeding Ken MacKenzie, as expectations grow of a wave of dealmaking across the mining industry.

The former NAB banker will be the next chairman of the world’s biggest mining company, leading the board from March 31.

The Australian sharemarket reversed losses from early trade to revisit record-breaking territory on Wednesday, buoyed by an ...

Next month will mark four decades since the year-long 1984-5 miners’ dispute came to its dismal end, with defeated strikers returning to work ...

Former mining communities say they ... The aim of the Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation (CISWO) is to improve the ...

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