Concerns have been raised over the safety of three large spoil tips set to be left above Merthyr Tydfil following the closure of the UK's last opencast coalmine. A geotechnical report prepared for the ...

On a moonless night in central India, Pannelal Rajak braces an axe on his shoulder and sweeps a high beam torch across the still, inky water of a lake. Rajak points in the distance to where the light ...

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India’s Coal Ministry has reached a landmark by allocating its 200th coal block under commercial mining reforms. The milestone highlights the government's push for private participation, energy ...

“This approach hasn’t been [applied] yet to mines in Africa, but Mammoet is actively pursuing mines to showcase this way of relocating draglines,” Mammoet marketing and communication adviser Maruzaan ...

Mining firms undertaking opencast operations are taking the biggest knocks during the current wave of fuel price hikes, the Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe (CoMZ) said this week. The surge, which has ...