In operation for more than 100 years, miners lowered down the Steward shaft must have continuously felt the need to fan ...

The Conservation Fund said it will buy all 7,700 acres (31.16 square kilometers) that Alabama-based Twin Pines Minerals owns outside the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in southeast Georgia, ...

The Okefenokee Swamp is a jewel that was threatened by mining interests. A new deal saves it for the benefit of generations of Georgians to come.

The United Nations’ vast system has tackled everything from delivering life-saving humanitarian aid to providing crucial ...

Almonty Industries has been acquiring tungsten assets in Europe and South Korea for almost a decade and a half. Check out why ...

A company that has spent years battling conservationists as it seeks a permit to mine outside the Okefenokee Swamp and its ...

NIAMEY - Niger's army has raided jihadist-controlled informal mining sites in the country's west, killing more than a dozen insurgents and seizing material linked to the manufacture of improvised ...

Idaho ( KTVX) — Cenobio Feliciano-Galeana came to the U.S. illegally when he was 18 years old. In the nearly two decades ...

In the 1800s, gold, silver and copper booms lured miners and immigrants looking for a better life. Though the mines eventually closed, visitors are fortunate to visit these fascinating destinations ...

If cuts mean there’s not enough money for the state to regulate mines, the federal government could end up on the hook to do ...