Eight workers evacuated, but contact with two was lost. After seven hours, teams found the missing miners dead.

Curragh, which opened in 1983 and spans about 256 square kilometers (63,260 acres), is one of Australia’s largest sources of ...

A construction worker for a Nevada gold mining exploration project fell 800 feet to his death on the job in May, sparking an investigation from state mining safety regulators. Lon Shane Jarvis, 56, ...

Federal mine safety regulators say 18 miners have been killed on the job nationwide so far this year. That's down slightly from 19 fatalities through the first half of 2012. The Mine Safety and Health ...

Federal and state inspectors are investigating the electrocution of a worker at Tucson-based Asarco's Ray Mine, near Kearny, last week. Electrical apprentice Peter Eudave, 41, was adjusting a light ...

On Jan. 8, MSHA released preliminary data showing that mine fatalities in 2008 declined 31 percent from 2007 to drop to an all-time low. Metal/nonmetal mines recorded the lowest level of fatalities in ...

The death of a tour guide at a Colorado mine tour in October was caused by "operator error," a recently concluded investigation found. Several local and state agencies wrapped up an investigation into ...

Mining accidents across China this year have seen a 6.1 percent year-on-year decrease in fatalities. Serious accidents and resulting deaths have registered respective declines of 6.3 percent and 17.1 ...

PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Mining deaths fell to a historic low in the United States last year, despite an explosion that killed 13 people in Alabama. The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration ...

Coeur Mining recently announced the proposed acquisition of SilverCrest Metals in a deal valued at ~$1.7 billion. At a price paid of over $25.00 per silver-equivalent ounce for a mine with ~$15/oz ...