Over the years, many abandoned mines have transformed into captivating tourist attractions, drawing visitors for both their ...

State lawmakers believe now is the time to clean up a mess that they say the federal government just keeps ignoring.

New Mexico lawmakers and the New Mexico Environment Department are pushing to clean up New Mexico’s abandoned uranium mines ...

In December 2024, the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act became law. Lauded by the National Mining Association as “the ...

In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close to 80 found dead in grim recovery operation.

First responders pulled dozens of bodies and hundreds of emaciated survivors from an abandoned gold mine this week, bringing a grisly end to a months-long standoff with illegal miners and their ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine ... visited the site Tuesday and said ...

After years of demanding the cleanup of uranium waste at the Kerr-McGee Quivira Mines on the Navajo Nation community advocates got the news this week that the Environmental Protection Agency will ...

Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine, rescuers brought ... Mantashe visited the site Tuesday and said that ...