Himalayan salt mining is a labor-intensive and challenging process, relying on traditional hand-drilling, chiseling, and the use of gunpowder to break apart salt. Miners use a room and pillar ...

The soaring price of gold is fueling a mercury boom in central Mexico. A surge in the demand for the toxic metal, which is key in illegal gold mining, is benefiting Mexican miners but also ...

For nearly a decade, a Phoenix, Arizona-based outfit has been working on a smart replacement for the giant rubber tires that ...

Even when operating on mines, activities like excavation, hauling and dust suppression fall under the BCCEI’s scope and require full compliance Registration with the BCCEI is not optional - it ensures ...

An historic mine in Cornwall could start producing tin in less than three years time, according to the company behind the ...

Cornish Metals ( ($TSE:CUSN) ) has issued an announcement. Cornish Metals has commenced excavation work for a new process plant area at its South ...

The latest in excavators from Bobcat, Case, Caterpillar, Develon, Hitachi, Hyundai, JCB, John Deere, KOBELCO, Komatsu, ...

Kennecott has operated for 120 years and is known as the largest human made excavation and deepest open-pit mine on Earth. Lange says it’s also one of the few smelters in the U.S. He explained that ...

The U.S. government is seeking to retrieve critical minerals from mine waste by awarding 13 states nearly $3 million to ...

In recent years, while ensuring the supply of coal for electricity generation, Shanxi has actively built a new energy system, simultaneously developing wind power, photovoltaic power generation, ...

The U.S. Geological Survey has awarded nearly $3 million in cooperative agreements to state geological surveys to study critical minerals in the materials left over from mining at active and ...