The sinkhole was originally a 30-foot long depression in the highway near Exit 34 and the second to occur in two months.

A sinkhole closed the highway’s right lane in Wharton for several days in late December while crews repaired the damage. The ...

A sinkhole in Wharton that forced the closure Monday of all eastbound lanes on Route 80 at Route 15 has expanded into a road collapse.

Rat-hole mining is banned by the Supreme Court. But its practice persists under the noses of government officials and ...

Two miners died while 18 others were rescued at the Tumaini gold mine in Museno Village, Kakamega County after the walls of ...

Several artisanal miners are feared dead at the Tumaini gold mine site in Museno Village, Shinyalu Constituency, Kakamega ...

Thirteen artisanal miners, including women and three children, were killed in southwest Mali on Wednesday after a tunnel in which they were digging for gold flooded, the national union of gold ...

Yaya Diallo, the third vice president of Danga's youth, confirmed the fatalities, stating that five women were from Danga and ...

Two survivors of a mining disaster in South Africa claimed some ... In South Africa, illegal miners make a living by trespassing in old gold mines to retrieve what is left. In August year, police ...

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such as the December 2021 tragedy in Siaya County’s Abimbo mine and the May 2024 disaster in Dabel, northern Kenya, are grim reminders of the risks miners face daily. These incidents claimed ...

Nearly three weeks after a collapse inside the main access tunnel of a mine in Chile trapped 33 miners inside, all are reportedly alive, and recently began receiving emergency supplies through a ...