An abandoned mine drainage treatment system meant to remove pollution from a tributary of the Loyalhanna Creek near Rector will be replaced and a highwall at the popular Tour-Ed Mine and Museum in ...

Along the pristine west side of lower Cook Inlet lies Tuxedni Bay, the only known winter feeding ground for the inlet’s critically endangered beluga whales. Cook Inlet belugas are irreplaceable, ...

The deal, announced this week, would combine Contango Ore with Vancouver-based Dolly Varden Silver Corp. It’s the latest in a recent flurry of deals in the global mining industry, including in Alaska.

A mine could not operate without a blacksmith. A good engineer made a mine functional. Mules eased the burden. Knowledgeable managers and leaders separated the profitable mines from those that went ...

One of the South’s leading environmental groups has criticized plans to create a waterfront nature preserve near Columbia as compensation for digging what would be the largest gold mine in the eastern ...

One of the South’s leading environmental groups has criticized plans to create a waterfront nature preserve near Columbia as compensation for digging what would be the largest gold mine in the eastern ...

Another Queensland coal mine is set to close, with the operator blaming low coal prices and high production costs for 70 job losses.QCoal ceased operations on Friday at its last production unit at the ...