A copper mine in British Columbia produces a metal the world needs to phase out fossil fuels. It holds promise — and danger.

Now a new and perhaps even more vexing concern has emerged: Highway sinkholes stemming from long-abandoned mines. Three sinkholes have opened up along I-80 in Wharton since late December.

We've tracked the boat's presence and popularity as a must-see local attraction since its owners abandoned it and headed back ...

The artifacts reveal the harsh working conditions in ancient Egyptian gold mines under the rule of the Ptolemaic dynasty.

As the owner Cross and Caribou mines outside Nederland seeks to resume mining, the town of Nederland and nearby residents ...

Australia-based Kaiser Reef has entered into a definitive agreement with Catalyst Metals to acquire the Henty gold mine and associated exploration tenements in north-western Tasmania in a deal ...

The boat's owners have returned home to Mississippi. They are no longer communicating with local salvage guy, Jerry Guyer, or ...

A new gold mine near a small Swedish village is estimated to contain millions of pounds of the precious metal. The mine was in the works for around a decade before it opened in Fäbodtjärn ...

From gold and diamonds to huge oil reserves, the continent has a lot of wealth within it. With that comes a lot of competition, especially when it comes to mining. And one mine has been making ...

Owing partly to the hot market, the value of gold produced statewide shot up more than 60% last year from the year before, according to a recent report in the trade publication North of 60 Mining ...

Is building an apartment above a mineshaft inherently a bad idea? With 588 abandoned mines throughout northern New Jersey, the Avalon apartments are far from the only structures built in proximity ...