Researchers from universities in Brazil and Spain tested bananas, cassava and cocoa pulp grown in soil affected by the ...

(Corrects first name of spokesperson in paragraph 1) Jan 30 (Reuters) - More than 200 people were killed this week in a collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

Australian mining giant BHP will face trial before a British court from April next year to determine how much it must pay in damages to victims of a 2015 dam collapse in Brazil, lawyers said Wednesday ...

The government blames rebels, but such accidents are sadly common ...

In mineral-rich Rubaya, source of most of the world’s coltan, miners suffer poverty and dangerous working conditions.

Emergency teams were quickly deployed to the site following the incident. A large number of rescuers and relevant government agencies are currently ...

STRAWBERRY PLAINS, Tenn. — UPDATE FRIDAY: Authorities using remote-operated vehicles worked for hours until they finally were able to find and confirm that a miner had died July 12 during a collapse ...

Eleven people, including the gold mine manager, have been placed under control after an accident killed seven at Canzhuang ...

The study examined the potential health risks linked to consuming cocoa and cassava grown in Linhares, a municipality located ...

The year 2026 marks the 100th anniversary of the Barnes-Hecker Mine disaster, which occurred on Nov. 3, 1926, in Ely Township near Ishpeming. The tragedy remains Michigan’s worst mine disaster, ...

Rampant sand mining in the Mekong River is directly weakening critical seasonal river flows that sustain Southeast Asia’s largest freshwater lake, new research indicates. The Mekong’s annual wet ...