World & Nation
In the past, collapses have caused tremors, but not the reverse.
Aug. 8, 2007
Ten men were trapped by a flood in a Mexican coal mine this month, once again calling attention to dangerous conditions at small mines.
Aug. 29, 2022
Opinion
What if communications today were governed by a law passed before the telephone was invented?
April 12, 2019
California
Outwardly at least, not much has changed here in the pine-studded hills where gold was discovered more than a century ago.
Oct. 24, 1985
In the Mother Lode, a new gold rush
Aug. 23, 2009
Peru officials look to restart controversial mining projects
Sept. 21, 2013
Climate & Environment
Chile, Fiji, Palau and other nations call for a moratorium on ocean mining to better understand its consequences for deep-sea ecosystems.
July 18, 2022
The deaths of two more miners prompt the governor to call for safety checks.
Feb. 2, 2006
Business
Giant earth-moving equipment swarms over the unremarkable hills just west of this historic gold-mining town, nibbling away at the rocky, red earth--16 tons a bite, 6,000 tons a day.
Feb. 8, 1987
Some of the world’s biggest mining companies have withdrawn requests to research and extract minerals on Indigenous land in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, and repudiated Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s efforts to legalize mining activity in the areas.
May 20, 2022