Frantic search for 4 missing miners in Poland after cave-in

Rescuers were searching for four missing miners in southwestern Poland on Wednesday after an earth tremor caused rockfalls deep underground in a copper mine owned by KGHM.

Associated Press | November 30, 2016 | 3:00 am

Donald Trump’s stock in Dakota Access oil pipeline company prompts concern

Trump’s investments could affect any decision he makes on the US$3.8 billion project as president.

Associated Press | November 25, 2016 | 2:00 am

Kinross Gold reports first-quarter loss but tops expectations

The Canadian miner posted a loss of $13.9 million in its first quarter.

Associated Press | May 11, 2016 | 12:30 am

Egypt explorers hunt gold in the desert, following ancients

Essential for ancient artifacts like the famed burial mask of Tutankhamun, gold has been mined in Egypt for millennia.

Associated Press | April 28, 2016 | 12:10 am

Afghan mineral wealth being looted by strongmen, experts say

Afghanistan has reserves of coal, copper, iron ore, zinc, mercury, rare earths, gems such as rubies and emeralds, gold and silver worth about $3 trillion.

Associated Press | April 15, 2016 | 12:30 am

Thousands rally in Mongolia over foreign mining concessions

The more than 2,000 people who gathered in Ulaanbaatar's Freedom Square claimed foreign companies have exploited Mongolia's mineral wealth, which accounts for 94% of the nation's exports.

Associated Press | March 30, 2016 | 5:29 am

U.S. coal industry on track for record low in mining deaths

In late December, there were 11 deaths in coal mines nationwide for the year, putting the industry on track to best the record low of 16 set in 2014.

Associated Press | December 29, 2015 | 2:56 am

Ur-Energy proposes to expand Wyoming uranium mine

The mine, already one of the biggest in the state, would double in size as company bets on rebound in prices.

Associated Press | September 20, 2015 | 2:39 pm

Wall collapses at Philippine coal pit, killing 5 workers and leaving 4 missing, governor says

A wall in a vast coal pit collapsed in the central Philippines early Friday, killing five workers and leaving at least four others missing at a site where a similar deadly accident occurred two years ago, a governor said Friday.

Associated Press | July 19, 2015 | 2:03 pm

Police defend handling of London diamond-district heist caught on camera

The gang members, dressed in fluorescent vests and hard hats, calmly carried bags and wheeled garbage bins into a high-security storage facility in London's diamond district.

Associated Press | April 11, 2015 | 7:56 am

US coal mines nearing record low in worker deaths

Less than five years after an explosion fueled by excess coal dust killed 29 men deep inside a West Virginia underground mine, the nation's coal mines are on pace for an all-time low in work-related deaths.

Associated Press | December 21, 2014 | 10:14 pm

10 miners killed in China mine explosion

Ten Chinese miners were found dead Sunday hours after they were trapped underground in an explosion at a mine in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang, state media said.

Associated Press | December 15, 2014 | 12:36 am

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