New Jersey is home to 600 of the nation's 500,000 abandoned mines, yet the danger they pose looms large in the state's north.

Chilean miner Codelco has requested an environmental permit to extend the life of its Gabriela Mistral copper mine by more ...

Africa's largest gold mine has become one of the greenest on the continent. Kibali, located in the Democratic Republic of ...

A crumbling mineshaft caused the 40-foot-by-40-foot sinkhole that closed part of the highway, state transportation officials said.

Road crews are repairing Interstate 80 in northern New Jersey after a sinkhole from an abandoned mine shut down the eastbound ...

A sea mine was discovered floating off Turkey's Black Sea coast northeast of Istanbul, state news agency Anadolu reported, ...

One of North Carolina’s smallest bat species is on the brink of extinction. But an unlikely ally is developing a plan to help ...

The holiday season of Christmas, Hanukah, and Kwanza offers the perfect time to ponder the question “What is the best way to ...

I recently entered an Israeli consulate and submitted papers to formally renounce my citizenship. It was an unseasonably warm ...

Gemfields Group said on Tuesday disruptions were possible at its largest ruby mine in Mozambique, after people torched ...

The findings match those previously recorded from the Wadi Faynan region of Jordan. In that study—led from the Hebrew ...

Still unclear when highway will reopen New Jersey DOT says it's too soon to determine when the damaged section of I-80 will reopen "because of the extensive nature of the repairs ...