People were co-opted into this illicit trade, either by force or voluntarily, and made to spend months underground digging ...

Activists warned that hundreds of miners were trapped up to 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) underground and desperately needed food, water and other supplies. A Cabinet minister laughed when she was ...

The third death was confirmed by a Utah Department of Natural Resources spokeswoman. All of the rescue workers in the mine at the time of the incident have been accounted for and ...

The ministry reported earlier in the day that following a shelling attack by Ukrainian troops, two mines in Donetsk lost power and 86 miners found themselves trapped underground MOSCOW ...

Two miners died from toxic gas inhalation in a Chamalang coal mine in Duki. The dangerous incident underscores the dire safety risks in the mining industry, as rescue efforts faced severe challenges.

JOHANNESBURG — At least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa have died of suspected starvation and dehydration after being trapped deep underground for ...

More than five months after Operation Vala Umgodi in Stilfontein, police confirm 156 cases involving 1 831 suspects remain ...

The miners are reported to be 7 kilometres inside gold and copper mine and about 700 metres vertically underground. They have been trapped since 5 August when the main access tunnel collapsed.

ALBAWABA- Seven Iranian miners lost their lives due to carbon monoxide poisoning in a coal mine in Damghan, northeastern Iran ...

CHARLESTON, West Virginia (CNN) -- Following the deaths of 14 West Virginia miners in less than three weeks, state lawmakers on Monday approved legislation aimed at improving the chances of ...