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Watch how America built a mining empire here… then the ground started collapsing

Picher, Oklahoma was once one of the most productive mining towns in America. Decades of lead and zinc extraction brought prosperity but left behind a toxic environmental disaster. Contaminated soil, ...

Exclusive: Iran sealed uranium cache and placed mines amid fears of US operation to seize material

In recent weeks, Iran has dramatically escalated efforts to seal off its cache of near bomb-grade uranium, deliberately ...

Iran slowly collapsing its own tunnels and planting mines around its most dangerous uranium cache?

Iran has reportedly taken extraordinary measures to secure its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, according to a CNN ...
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Chile's startlingly perfect sinkhole plunged 650 feet, and investigators blamed a mine

"We were afraid it would get bigger, that it would expand, move toward the houses." ...
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Mine collapse in eastern Congo leaves 200 dead, authorities say. But rebels dispute the number

FILE -Miners work at the D4 Gakombe coltan mining quarry in Rubaya, Democratic Republic of Congo, on, May 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File) (Moses Sawasawa ...

Death toll rises to 17 after mine collapse, as rescue teams look for remaining missing workers buried under rubble.

Search efforts continue at the site a collapsed quarry with the death expected to rise as 8 workers remain missing.

A collapse occurs during an illegal mining operation in China, killing 5 people

A collapse occurred in an illegal mining operation in China on Sunday, killing five people and injuring one other person, Chinese official news agency Xinhua reported. The incident took place in Huize ...