A 54-year-old hiker’s fatal fall into an abandoned mine shaft near Ouray last month highlights a broader danger left behind ...

The company has partnered with Apple, Tiffany and Co., and Canadian jewelry company Mejuri, which have agreed to buy metals ...

A recent tragedy in Colorado wasn't an anomaly. From drowning in quarries to stumbling into open pits, hundreds have died in ...

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is accepting public feedback through early next year on the next round of ...

The Iowa Department of Agriculture embarked this month on the reclamation of 162 acres of abandoned mine land the Pella Wildlife Area, the largest of about 120 that have taken place in Iowa since the ...

For more than a century, abandoned mines such as the Triumph Mine in central Idaho have scarred the American West, leaking toxic heavy metals into waterways and threatening communities and ecosystems.

Abandoned South African mines release toxic water. Experts highlight bioengineering, nanotech, and renewable energy ...

Canada is moving forward with a long-term plan to clean up contaminated sites and has announced a C$2.2-billion investment over 15 years to address remediation of large abandoned mine projects in the ...

WASHINGTON - In June 1984, Wyoming officials declared that after work on an abandoned coal mine in Hanna was completed, there would be no more major abandoned coal mine sites in the state. Wyoming ...