South Korea is transforming abandoned coal mines into testing grounds for lunar exploration. The Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) conducted a demonstration inside the ...

Dr. Kim Kyeong-ja, director of KIGAM’s Space Resources Exploration and Utilization Center, explained why the team selected an abandoned mine for the new research and demonstration facility ...

Activists in Rio Blanco expelled a mine company from their community. But the move sparked tensions between neighbours.

It's a grueling and risky life for these miners, known as zama zamas, an isiZulu phrase translating loosely as "those who ...

There are about 500,000 abandoned mines in the United States, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and these long-forgotten facilities can pose a variety of risks to people ...

For the third year in a row, Pennsylvania has secured nearly $245 million to deal with abandoned mine lands.

The Good Samaritan bill to clean up mine pollution is supported by Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo.

The U.S. Interior Department is taking steps to recover above-ground critical minerals from existing and abandoned mine waste to bolster domestic supplies.

What’s old is gold again – junior goldies are dusting off and reviving previously uneconomic or abandoned deposits as prices ...