An artisanal mine collapsed in the Central African Republic on Thursday morning, killing eight people, according to miners who are at the scene. The collapse, which also injured five other people, ...

Welsh Water is set to pay a proposed £44.7 million after the industry regulator found “serious and unacceptable” breaches in the supplier’s sewage and network services. Ofwat said the supplier failed ...

HELENA, Mont. — Sacrifices made to win WWII weren't just overseas. Contributions to manufacture iron and other essentials for the war effort were produced on the home front. At the height of WWII, The ...

Journalists investigating a fatal mining disaster in eastern Congo were denied access, tightening a dangerous blackout around a mineral-fuelled conflict. This statement was originally published on ipi ...

Researchers investigating crops grown in soil contaminated by the 2015 mining disaster in Brazil discovered that toxic metals are moving from the earth into edible plants. Bananas, cassava, and cocoa ...

Seven years after a dam holding mining sludge collapsed in Brumadinho, southeastern Brazil, killing 272 people, mining giant Vale and its partner Itaminas are resuming operations at the very same ...

EVANSTON, IL − For anyone who thought Michigan basketball was going to cakewalk to a Big Ten title, think again. The Wolverines built their Big Ten lead to two games with an 87-75 win over a feisty ...

At least 200 people, including children, died after a mine collapsed in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Rubaya mines hold 15% of the world’s coltan, a mineral used in phones, much of ...

Jan 30 (Reuters) - More than 200 people were killed this week in a collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Lumumba Kambere Muyisa, spokesperson for the ...

UPSHUR COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) – Friday marked 20 years since the Sago Mine disaster. Loved ones gathered at Sago Baptist Church in Upshur County, West Virginia, to remember the lives of 12 men who lost ...

Rare diagnosis sidelines Kanawha County EMT as departments unite to cover medical costs Following a rare diagnosis, local fire departments are coming together to help one of their own.Halle Schafer ...

A memorial in honor of the 12 Sago miners who lost their lives was placed by the historic Covered Bridge in Philippi. Three of the men who died in the accident were from Barbour County. (Photo ...