After a massive lithium ion battery storage site exploded into flames in Monterey County — spewing toxic gases into the air ...

At an open-cast mine, Abdullahi Ibrahim Danjija carefully chisels away at a hunk of whitish rock before stuffing a sack with ...

The current conflict in the DRC is not just a crisis of governance or ethnic tensions but a direct continuation of a colonial project rebranded for the 21st century.

The need for lithium is driving a global race for resources ... “We don’t want this mine,” she told me. “To stop Rio Tinto, people thought we were crazy. But somehow, we have continued to fight.” In ...

The family-owned business has operated tours at the mine for more than 50 years, with only one previous safety incident in which people were trapped in the elevator in the 1980s, Mikesell said.

Police have denied any responsibility for the deaths and insisted the miners were not trapped but were able to escape through several shafts in the mine. More than 1,500 did, police said ...

Rescuer workers assist an illegal miner who has been trapped ... than 10 people at a time. Authorities initially deemed it too dangerous for official rescue personnel to enter the mine, leaving ...

Cape Town: South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have been trapped deep in an abandoned gold mine for months ...

head of the Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA), had earlier estimated that 500 people were trapped underground. Mbangula told CNN Tuesday that the men had possibly died from ...

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Senzo Mchunu says they don’t know how many people remain trapped in Stilfontein mine.