Deep in the heart of a lush green forest, an excavator is hard at work, turning over the earth in search of gold. The surrounding landscape is devastated — centuries-old trees have been uprooted, and ...

Russian president Vladimir Putin has refused to directly engage with his counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in any upcoming talks ...

Russia’s army is around six kilometres (four miles) from the centre of Pokrovsk, a formerly thriving mining hub on top of ...

The Mountain Valley Child Society from Piikani First Nation is not happy the Alberta government quietly rescinded a ...

As the risk of extreme flooding increases with climate change, an effort is underway to relocate hundreds of flood survivors ...

Shemsi Gara operated a giant digger in a Kosovo coal mine, churning up toxic dust that covered his face and got into his ...

Poland’s Upper Silesia, a region rooted in coal mining, is finding new ways to honour its heritage. Known for its “Black Gold ...

Upper Silesia, a region in southern Poland with long historic ties to the coal industry, is marked by the blood, sweat, and ...

Russia claims to have captured the strategically important Ukrainian town of Velyka Novosilka, as Vladimir Putin ’s forces ...

In October 1925, the Pottsville Free Public Library was turned into an art gallery with an exhibit dedicated to life in the ...

Anthracite coal converted this region from agrarian to industrial. The discovery of hard coal — and the discovery by Jesse Fell of how to burn the stuff — spurred booms in the economy and population.

World’s biggest gold miner aims to build multi decade presence in Canadian province anchored by “sustainable and responsible ...