Mine

Members of the South African police, patrol as they guard the mine shaft where rescue operations are ongoing as attempts are made to rescue illegal miners who have been underground for months in Stilfontein, South Africa, January 14, 2025. REUTERS/Ihsaan Haffejee
Africa

South Africa accused of 'horrific' crackdown as 78 corpses pulled from besieged mine

US President Joe Biden looks on during his visit at the Chavis Community Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, US, 25 March 2024. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Biden approves anti-personnel mines for Ukraine, US official says

Rescuers fear workers are still trapped inside Iran's Tabas mine after a deadly blast caused by a gas leak. Photo: Iranian Red Crescent via AFP
Middle East

Iran blast kills more than 50 mine workers

Ambulances move inside a tunnel where rescue operations are underway to rescue trapped workers, after the tunnel collapsed, in Uttarkashi in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, November 28, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
South Asia

All 41 trapped Indian workers rescued: Minister

At least 25 dead after ArcelorMittal mine fire in Kazakhstan
World+Biz

At least 25 dead after ArcelorMittal mine fire in Kazakhstan

FILE PHOTO: Workers walk near an excavator loading coal onto a truck at a coal port in Hanoi February 23, 2012. REUTERS/Kham
World+Biz

Four killed in Vietnam coal mine collapse

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, rescuers work at the site of a collapsed open pit coal mine in Alxa Banner in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. Rescuers have changed their approach to search for dozens of people missing from a coal mine collapse in northern China to avoid further landslides, state broadcaster CCTV reported Friday. (Lian Zhen/Xinhua via AP)
China

5 die in SW China mine as hope fades for 47 trapped in north

Rescue vehicles work at the site of a collapsed coal mine in Alxa League, North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
China

Mine collapse in China kills five, 48 miners still missing

Infograph: TBS
By The Numbers

World's most mined industrial metals 2021

Workers are seen at the production line of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EV) at a factory in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, China August 28, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT./File Photo
Global Economy

Lithium experts skeptical on success of Mexico's state-run miner

FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appeals to Russians to stage protests over Russian forces' seizure of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, during an address from Kyiv, Ukraine March 4, 2022 in this still image from video. Courtesty of Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
World+Biz

Ukrainian president says retreating Russian troops are leaving mines

Picture: Collected
World+Biz

Colombia mine explosion kills 11 people, four missing

Magawa, the recently retired landmine detection rat, eats corn at the APOPO Visitor Center in Siem Reap, Cambodia, June 10, 2021. Photo :Reuters
World+Biz

Cambodia's landmine-sniffing 'hero' rat Magawa dies in retirement