"The high-rate excavation needed to harvest helium-3 from the moon in large quantities has never been attempted before, let ...

The Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) is converting a former mine shaft in Taebaek City into a ...

China's official state news agency Xinhua has reported that three coal mine workers were killed in northwestern China’s Gansu province after water rushed into a shaft BEIJING -- Water rushed ...

Days after the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) approved a controversial exploratory coal mining project in the Rocky Mountains, concerned residents protested in the Crowsnest Pass to voice their ...

Underground coal mining is inherently more environment-friendly, as it causes significantly less surface disruption compared to opencast operations. (Reuters) In an attempt to accelerate ...

Maryland’s largest active underground coal mine changed hands last month after its previous operator, Canadian firm Corsa Coal, filed for bankruptcy and auctioned its assets to pay creditors. The new ...

Nearby, mining counties across Virginia’s slice of Appalachia were reeling after decades of job loss. Mr. Stacy and his friend Jim McGlothlin, both former coal magnates, seized on what they ...

In the coalfields of Appalachian West Virginia, everyone hopes the mine will keep giving up its coal to pay rare six-figure salaries. But their prayers ask that they return safely to the surface.

The push for underground coal mining aligns with the country's drive for sustainable coal production. "In a decisive step towards revitalising India's coal sector, the Ministry of Coal has ...