The U.S. EPA has started the long-awaited cleanup of Cold War-era uranium mine sites at a Superfund site on the Navajo Nation.

Cumberland, B.C. was built on coal mining—both literally and practically. Thousands of workers were employed and millions of ...

Located in the Diablo Mountains just west of I5, about 50 miles from Fresno, the long abandoned operation has become a source of mercury contamination, posing a threat to people and wildlife. Nearly a ...

A sweeping bill to jumpstart the cleanup of abandoned hardrock mines across the western U.S. passed the Senate this week with ...

Acid mine drainage (AMD) from abandoned coal mines is preventing life from thriving in rivers and streams. A new video (above) demonstrates how West Virginia University (WVU) and Rockwell Automation ...

A recent court case has environmentalists cautiously optimistic about cleanup efforts at the Tulsequah Chief Mine. The mine, which is southeast of Juneau in British Columbia, Canada, which has been ...

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois stands to receive $1 billion in federal funding over the next 15 years to remediate hundreds of acres of distressed land used for coal mining prior to 1977, thanks to the ...

Canada's village of Cumberland has began using abandoned coal mines to supply clean geothermal heating and cooling for homes ...

UBS expects copper prices to rise into next year, citing tightening supply from persistent mine disruptions and strong ...

STRAFFORD — In 2002, the Environmental Protection Agency presented plans to clean up the abandoned Elizabeth Mine to the public for comment. It estimated that the project would cost as much as $16 ...

BOISE – A phosphate mining company has reached a toxic-waste cleanup agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes over mining waste in southeastern Idaho.