It’s an inconvenient fact that most of Earth’s largesse of useful minerals is locked up in, under, and around a lot of rock. Our little world condensed out of the remnants of stars whose death throes ...

A highlight for Mining Journalism Training (MJT) attendees this year was experiencing a controlled live blast at Canyon Coal’s Mpumalanga-based Gugulethu Colliery. Menar’s MJT programme began with ...

TEHRAN, Iran — An explosion in a coal mine in eastern Iran killed at least 34 workers and injured 17 others, officials said Sunday, marking one of the worst mining disasters in the country’s history ...

An explosion at SECL's Chirmiri open cast coal mine in Chhattisgarh injured three workers, while they were preparing for a ...

The large-scale blasting at the Goantagab mine in the Sorris Sorris conservancy near Khorixas last Friday has reignited debate over the potential threat to desert-adapted rhinos, tourism and the ...

An explosion inside a coal mine in northern Turkey Friday killed at least 25 people, local officials announced, while rescuers working through the night were trying to bring dozens of others trapped ...

Turkey's state news media reported an explosion inside a coal mine in northern Turkey has killed at least 41 people and left many injured. The blast occurred in the Black Sea town of Amasra in Bartin ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- The nation's worst coal mine disaster in decades exposed lax safety measures at some Appalachian mines, issues that persist five years later despite the crackdown that ...

Crews not expected to reach blast area where miners trapped for 24 hours. MONTCOAL, W.Va., April 6, 2010— -- A miner who survived the massive West Virginia mine explosion said he had to struggle ...

All mining operations requires blasting at one stage or another. Blast hole drilling is used in mining where a hole is drilled into the surface rock, packed with explosives and detonated. The aim of ...