The company behind quashed plans for the UK's first deep coal mine in more than 30 years has been given a two-week deadline ...

Johannesburg was discovered in 1886, following the discovery of the main Witwatersrand gold reef, which today houses the world's deepest mine. The Witwatersrand, known locally as the Rand and ...

It is a mineral used to make types of plaster which coat our homes, schools and offices - and in Cumbria sits the world's deepest gypsum mine ... old saying from the coal miners: It's always ...

What mountaintop-removal coal mining has done in Appalachia, deep-sea mining has the potential to do in the Pacific Ocean — affecting the ecosystem and biodiversity in ways scientists say they don't ...