Residents and government leaders in the small western South Dakota city of Piedmont are in shock that the state approved a limestone mining operation without notifying them in advance about the ...

Ronnie Sando of Beaver Meadows, stands at a commemorative storyboard plaque Sunday at the newly unveiled Sheppton community park. The park pays tribute to the famous 1963 mine tragedy and miracle in ...

Today, tens of thousands of these abandoned hardrock mines continue to leak acidic, metal-laden water into pristine streams ...

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts warned of “potential disaster” in determining that the number of votes received should impact a candidate’s ability to pursue legal action related to mail-in ...

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a “sudden correction” in global financial markets driven by the spending frenzy on artificial intelligence. As Reuters ...

Major accidents at the Grasberg, El Teniente, and Kakula mines have wiped out hundreds of thousands of tons of expected copper output in 2025. Analysts now forecast a global copper deficit exceeding ...

Northern Iran’s wetlands are collapsing, leaving once-thriving bird habitats eerily silent. In Golestan province, hundreds of thousands of migratory birds failed to arrive this autumn, with drought ...

(Reuters) -Miner Freeport said on Sunday that all seven workers who went missing after a mud-flow disaster at Indonesia's Grasberg copper and gold mine have been confirmed dead, following the ...

Oct 5 (Reuters) - Miner Freeport (FCX.N), opens new tab said on Sunday that all seven workers who went missing after a mud-flow disaster at Indonesia's Grasberg copper and gold mine have been ...

As the partial government shutdown extends into day six with no end in sight, some Wisconsinites may be wondering about the status of federal disaster aid following historic flooding in August. In ...

TAIPEI—The people of Taiwan carry out their lives under the threat of typhoons, earthquakes, tsunamis and military invasion. So this June, when a Facebook post by U.S. officials urged the Taiwan ...

The Farm Service Agency is a USDA organizations provides disaster assistance to farmers. Without federal funding, it will stop providing reimbursement. Western North Carolina farmers are up against a ...