Cobar mine explosion: The lessons from the Beaconsfield and Grosvenor disasters

The Beaconsfield and Grosvenor disasters are just two among many which demonstrate that mining workers cannot entrust their ...

China Pushes to Silence Victims of African Mining Disaster

Toxic waste from a Chinese mine in Zambia washed through homes and fields. Compensation offers are tied to nondisclosure.

A flood inside a coal mine in West Virginia has trapped a coal miner inside

State and local official say a flood inside an underground West Virginia coal mine has trapped a miner inside, and rescue ...

Two people dead after underground Endeavor Mine explosion at Cobar, western NSW

A man and a woman are dead after an explosion at an underground mine in western New South Wales. Emergency service crews were called to the mine on Endeavor Mine Road at Cobar, about 450 kilometres ...
The Conversation

Why the energy transition won’t be green until mine waste disasters are prevented

Eva Marquis receives funding from EPSRC, NERC, and Innovate UK. Karen Hudson-Edwards receives funding from NERC, BBSRC, EPSRC, the Technology Strategy Board (Innovate UK), the Royal Society and the EU ...
Reuters

Exclusive: -Vale's mining dams are still a risk, company must do more, Brazil prosecutor says

RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Despite two major deadly mining disasters since 2015, Brazilian iron ore miner Vale SA (VALE3.SA), opens new tab has not complied with a number of ...