WVU undergraduate student Jacob Horner (left) and masters students Amelia Echard and Paubla Gallego test augmented reality systems designed to provide safety trainings to coal miners. Augmented ...

A tragic accident shook southeastern Congo on Saturday when a bridge collapsed at a semi-industrial copper mine, killing 30 ...

State and federal authorities are investigating a mining accident that killed a man Friday in Somerset County, state police said in a news release Sunday. Joshua Mock, 34, of Windber, “suffered fatal ...

A bridge collapse at a copper and cobalt mine in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has killed at least 32 ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali said on Wednesday it was suspending licenses for foreign artisanal gold mining companies after a series of fatal accidents in the West African country, one of Africa’s top ...

CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo — A 46-year-old man who was an employee of the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine has been identified as the person killed Thursday when there was a malfunction of the elevator that travels ...

A fire has damaged two buildings at Bitdeer’s under-construction Bitcoin mining complex in Massillon, Ohio. The incident, ...

A Windber man died Friday in a mining accident in Somerset County, authorities said Saturday. Josh Mock, 34, died from multiple blunt impacts and crushing injuries, Somerset County Coroner Cullen ...

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 ...

An investigation into last year’s accident that left 12 people trapped, 4 injured and 1 dead in the Mollie Kathleen Mine in Teller County ruled it was due to ...

The main cause of workplace accidents in the nickel industry is the lack of proper operational health and safety procedures.

To keep miners safe, a West Virginia University researcher is creating a training program that uses augmented reality headsets to prepare workers to operate around high-risk vehicles. “Powered haulage ...