A 54-year-old hiker’s fatal fall into an abandoned mine shaft near Ouray last month highlights a broader danger left behind ...

Long-abandoned mining sites throughout Colorado, many of which appear today as little more than dangerous holes in the ground, will be cleaned up and made safer with funds from a federal grant. The ...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has announced a final rule to protect miners from accidents associated with surface mobile equipment. According to a release ...

The Mine Safety & Health Administration (“MSHA”) has finally published its final rule on Safety Programs for Surface Mobile Equipment. This final rule has been a long time coming. MSHA originally ...

Mining industry deaths hit a near-decade high last year. Most occurred in surface mines, like strip or open-pit mines, but there are fewer opportunities to train above-ground miners for rescues.

On September 9, 2021, MSHA expects to publish a Proposed Rule requiring mine operators to develop and implement written safety programs for their powered haulage equipment used at surface mines and ...

DENVER, March 27 (UPI) --As many as one-half million abandoned underground mining sites might exist on U.S. public lands, and at least 215,000 are considered hazardous, according to a new government ...

Getty Image Sometimes the chain of supply and demand has disastrous consequences. As demands for gold and rare earth elements ...

Once a rarity, autonomous, autonomous-ready and tele-remote equipment now accounts for almost 5% of key mining equipment.