A normal shift turned into a living nightmare. Deep in the Atacama Desert, 33 miners were sealed beneath 2,300 feet of solid rock after the mountain above them collapsed. What followed was one of the ...

Hong Kong, China (CNN)-- As the last of 33 trapped miners were pulled to the surface in Chile, a group of bankers, government officials and mining company executives gathered to talk about the ...

There's headline news, and then there's the kind of news that we will always remember where we were when we heard (or lived ...

It also boasts one of the largest collections of indigenous Mapuche jewelery and an extensive audiovisual tribute to the 33 Chilean miners who were trapped underground for 69 days in 2010 and ...

The miners are reported to be in "very good" health and in good spirits despite being trapped 2,300 feet below the Earth's surface since Aug. 5, said Chilean Health Minister ... the items sent to the ...

Chilean rescuers ended a marathon operation Tuesday and freed all 33 miners trapped underground for more than two months. All of the rescued miners were sent for medical treatment and several of them ...

Ten informal miners have been trapped in an old Krugersdorp gold mine for five months after they were cut off by rising water. No-one knows if they are dead or alive. The 10 miners were trapped ...

From 1975: Three brothers, age 21 to 33, were charged in a pulltab swindling ... the surface at the Hecla Mine in Burke, Idaho, trapped 14 miners for 16 hours and frantic rescue efforts were ...

Mining companies are subject to policy changes of the host jurisdiction, and here are some of the key issues the sector faces as elections loom in Canada, Australia, Argentina, and Chile.

Sixty three miners were deep in the vein when the fire broke out about 8 a.m., about three hours after their 12-hour shift began. "Smoke from yellow pine timbers led to the discovery of the fire ...