The rare marble used by Michelangelo is mined in a huge Tuscan quarry where panels are cut from solid rock at an altitude of ...

“It affects our mine clearance operation,” said Ly Thuch, a senior government minister and leading official in Cambodia’s Mine Action Authority. The United States has been a “key partner ...

A proposed new mine in Osceola County to extract nearly 800,000 tons per year of the agricultural fertilizer potash and 1 million tons per year of table salt received a major boost in the waning ...

Instead of dropping bombs, they placed mines on roads behind enemy lines at night. Russian military social media lit up with warnings and reports of casualties. A Russian map showed that every ...

It might have been greatly mistaken at first to look at the Diavik Diamond Mine in the barren landscape of northern Canada’s territories and think of nothing more than another mining company that digs ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Tokyo | Rio Tinto has offered the Mongolian government $US295 million ($472 million) to settle a ...

Running at a staggering depth of 3,891 metres down and 2,062 metres below sea level, a colossal mine in Africa is the deepest and richest gold mine in the world. Mponeng gold mine began producing ...

The mining giant has faced a 12-year permitting battle to develop the Resolution mine, which has the potential to supply more than a quarter of the US domestic copper needs for decades.

Bitcoin (BTC) mining is likely to remain profitable this year with the economics of production holding steady, Canaccord Genuity said in a research report Tuesday. The broker said mining ...

Police said on Wednesday a Chinese mine worker was killed in an attack in Afghanistan which the banned militant Islamic State (ISIS) group later claimed responsibility for, as the Taliban ...

PETRA Diamonds said on Wednesday it was to sell its remaining shares in Williamson mine in Tanzania for $16m although the deal comes with risk. Announcing the proposed transaction, the diamond miner ...

At least one miner was killed in an accident in a coal mine in northeastern Slovenia, while two others remain missing, authorities reported. The incident occurred on Monday evening when water ...