Twelve West Virginians miners lost their lives 20 years ago today in one of the worst coal mining disasters in the state’s history. On Jan. 2, 2006, an explosion and collapse in the Sago mines trapped ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Nearly a third of the 260 miners stuck underground following an accident at a Sibanye-Stillwater gold mine in South Africa were brought to the surface on Friday, the company ...

Alessandro Gerotto, Alberto Feletto, Daniel Devo, and Edoardo Marangoni, Gerotto, Italy, report on how the use of robotic ...

STRAWBERRY PLAINS, Tenn. — UPDATE FRIDAY: Authorities using remote-operated vehicles worked for hours until they finally were able to find and confirm that a miner had died July 12 during a collapse ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The death toll from ...

A mining accident in Gakenke District claimed the lives of seven people while three others were injured, on Friday, December 5, according to officials. The accident occurred in a mining site in ...

Shares of copper miner Freeport McMoran rose early Tuesday after catching an upgrade. BofA is “sufficiently confident” that risks following September’s fatal mining accident are priced in.