Morton Salt today announced that it has ceased mining operations at its salt mine in Fairport, Ohio. Following its discovery of a significant inflow of water in the mine on October 22, 2026, the ...

The mine is among a growing number of small-scale, unlicensed operations in Colombia that are fueled by the metal’s rising ...

Sea-based mine warfare is in a state of flux, suspended between decades-old, manned technologies and a long-promised future of multi-domain unmanned drones capable of finding and neutralizing enemy ...

Underground at South32’s Hermosa project in Arizona’s Patagonia Mountains, July 16, 2026. Photographs Story Justin Worland More expansive than the island of Manhattan, Thacker Pass in northern Nevada ...

In a valley in Papua New Guinea's highlands lies a sprawling mine pit that is filled with untold riches. The enormous open cut and underground mine was shut down four years ago over a dramatic dispute ...

In late September, an underground coal mine just outside the town of East Carbon in rural Utah caught fire. More than two months later, it’s still burning. Now, the once-bustling mine called Lila ...

This page contains technical reports, studies, and meeting proceedings related to EPA's Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) Program. These technical resources cover such topics as: AML contamination assessment ...