The bodies of 13 gold miners were found in an underground shaft at a site operated by Peru’s largest gold-mining company, President Dina Boluarte said on Monday, in a region that has seen ...

An independent report has found last year's Eagle gold mine slide in Yukon — which contaminated local groundwater and a creek ...

Illegal mining’s impact on women is a key focus of the study. The researcher highlights trafficking of girls forced to work ...

To answer these questions, it is easiest to start with the amount of gold that humans have mined to date. The U.S. Geological ...

A “supergiant” gold ore deposit under an existing gold mine in China could be the world’s largest gold ore deposit. Officials estimate that the extent of the find could be 1,100 tons ...

The deposit could contain up to 150 tons of gold, which would make it one of the largest discoveries in France.

The bodies of 13 security guards kidnapped from a major Peruvian gold mine just over a week ago were found Sunday, the mining company said.. The Peruvian company, La Poderosa, said that a search ...

A gold mine collapse in eastern Sudan has killed 11 miners. The state-run Sudanese Mineral Resources Limited Company in ...

An interdisciplinary team of experts in green chemistry, engineering and physics at Flinders University in Australia has ...

Gold extraction has relied on highly toxic chemicals such as cyanide and mercury, which are infamous for causing severe environmental damage.

Other, lesser-known towns were often just as raucous as Tombstone and Deadwood. Jerome, Arizona, for example, was once called "the wickedest town in the West" because of its proliferation of bars, ...