It's a grueling and risky life for these miners, known as zama zamas, an isiZulu phrase translating loosely as "those who ...

Hundreds of thousands of abandoned mines— about 550,000 in the U.S. alone —pose economic, environmental and safety risks. In some areas, these old shafts have caused collapses or polluted ...

Dozens of people get injured or die in the U.S. every year because they don’t follow this simple advice: Stay out of ...

Rehabilitation projects in Mpumalanga show that former coal mines can be revived for farming, biofuel production and ...

The Ohio River Valley Institute estimates more than 400,000 people live within a mile of that abandoned mine land.WKYT’s ...

The state will pump almost $12 million into an abandoned mine subsidence program in North Belle Vernon beginning next week. A slurry mixture of grout will be injected under about 140 homes in the ...

Welsh scientists have mapped the hidden microbes thriving in south Wales's abandoned coal mines, helping to overcome ...

A dog is safe and back home after being rescued from a 100-foot fall into an abandoned mine shaft in Mohave County.

Courtesy of Gravitricity Abandoned coal mines are becoming the batteries of the future From Europe to North America, an energy revolution is breathing new life into empty, long-forgotten coal mine ...

Reasons to be Cheerful explains how "gravity batteries" are giving former mines a second life—while offering an economic and environmental boost to communities once reliant on coal.