HULUNBUIR, China (AP) — China is the world’s largest coal producer and consumer. In 2024, the country produced more than 470 million metric tons of coal, accounting for 52.6% of the world’s total.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A gold rush brought settlers to South Dakota’s Black Hills about 150 years ago, chasing the dream of wealth and displacing Native Americans in the process. Now, a new crop of ...

From a viewpoint at about 6,190 feet above sea level, a giant hole in the Oquirrh Mountains stretches two and a half miles wide and ¾ of a mile deep. Trucks with tires bigger than a sedan look like ...

Researchers in South Korea have conducted a literature review on recorded cases of floating PV plants placed on mine pit lakes and tailings ponds, both of which are byproducts of the mining industry.

China's Huaneng Group has deployed the world's first fleet of driverless mining trucks. 100 trucks can autonomously load and unload coal. The project kicked off at the Huaneng Yimin open-pit mine in ...

As Alamos Gold, a mid-tier producer of the precious metal, advances toward producing a million ounces yearly, CEO John McCluskey chatted with Benzinga about growing organically, as well as through M&A ...

Mako Mining operates the San Albino Mine in Nicaragua, one of the highest-grade open-pit mines in the world. More precisely, milled grade in Q1 '25 averaged 7.1 g/t. Free cash flows from San Albino ...