A mine safety expert says many old mines in Western Pennsylvania have less than 50 feet of ground cover between the mine and the surface, making them vulnerable to collapse.

The Ohio River Valley Institute estimates more than 400,000 people live within a mile of that abandoned mine land.WKYT’s ...

Hundreds of thousands of abandoned mines— about 550,000 in the U.S. alone —pose economic, environmental and safety risks. In some areas, these old shafts have caused collapses or polluted ...

It's a grueling and risky life for these miners, known as zama zamas, an isiZulu phrase translating loosely as "those who ...

Dozens of people get injured or die in the U.S. every year because they don’t follow this simple advice: Stay out of ...

This old mine in rural Pennsylvania was used to power crypto—and then it shut down without a word State inspectors find site abandoned, raising concerns about pollution from unplugged wells ...

Rehabilitation projects in Mpumalanga show that former coal mines can be revived for farming, biofuel production and ...

The state will pump almost $12 million into an abandoned mine subsidence program in North Belle Vernon beginning next week. A slurry mixture of grout will be injected under about 140 homes in the ...

Courtesy of Gravitricity Abandoned coal mines are becoming the batteries of the future From Europe to North America, an energy revolution is breathing new life into empty, long-forgotten coal mine ...