Sweden-based sustainable power transition enabler Mine Storage co-founder and CEO Thomas Johansson notes that the company’s concept of using abandoned underground mines – or those under care ...

KIGAM is turning Taebaek’s former coal mine into a testbed for harvesting lunar resources.

An abandoned, dimly lit mine tunnel with rusty tracks, wooden supports, and wet, muddy ground surrounded by rocky, yellow-brown walls. Light shines faintly from the far end of the tunnel.

Based on data from the National Mining Agency , the study points to threats such as deforested areas left unrestored, contamination of soil and water, and the physical instability of abandoned mines.

Story continues below map of abandoned mines in New Jersey. The Mount Pleasant Mine is under Route 80 All eyes recently have been on one mine in particular: Mount Pleasant Mine.

The recent sinkholes on I-80 were caused by long-abandoned mines. See the map showing hundreds of closed New Jersey mines.

Cleanup could take decades. It also has drawn attention to the West’s dirty secret: Abandoned hardrock mines, perhaps a half million, pock the landscape, leaking acid and heavy metals into ...

Just because a mine has been exhausted of its ore, that doesn't necessarily mean it has no value. A 2023 study suggests that the shafts of such abandoned mines could serve as energy-storing ...

A mine safety expert says many old mines in Western Pennsylvania have less than 50 feet of ground cover between the mine and the surface, making them vulnerable to collapse.

A long-abandoned mine caused a sinkhole on I-80 last month, highlighting the dangers lurking just beneath the surface across New Jersey.

Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act creates pilot program for volunteers to address water pollution.