The seismic event that caused a fatal collapse at Codelco’s biggest mine in Chile is likely to have been caused by mining ...

A seemingly ordinary shift in the Langedy-Breusted iron mine in Germany turned into a nightmare. Deep underground, 129 m ...

Rescue teams in Chile are working to reach five trapped workers at the world's largest underground copper mine after a tremor ...

Auva Speiser, right, a freshman in Montana Tech’s underground mining lab, bars down some loose rock on the ceiling of the tunnel that is also the classroom. Course instructor Larry Hoffman looks on.

The probable scenario being used inside Codelco is that the incident was caused by geological stresses resulting from the ...