KEVIN SEYFRIED Hatch Goba's designs allow for rapid construction and shaft deepening, with seamless transition Some of the most exciting opportunities are in deep-level mining, says multinational ...

As openpit mines reach their economic end of life, mine owners are considering the viability of transitioning their opencast mining operations to underground, says global engineering firm Worley.

CARLETONVILLE, South Africa (AP) — A specialized camera was lowered late last year into an almost 2.6-kilometer- (1.6-mile-) deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of miners were reported to be ...

JOHANNESBURG, March 4 (Reuters) - A ruling by South Africa's top court that lets lung-diseased miners sue their employers could cost the industry billions of dollars in damages and spell the end of ...

Efforts are under way to recover bodies from the shafts in the south of the country, emergency officials said.

Mining the bottom of the ocean for precious metals is a dangerous proposition, given the near-freezing temperatures and crushing pressures, but it’s being increasingly optioned by nations and mining ...

Sometimes an idea is so elegant that it really deserves to work. One such is a proposal put forward by the boss of Deep Fission, an aspiring nuclear-power firm in Berkeley, California. Elizabeth ...