Open-pit mines can replace traditional explosives with a liquid oxygen gas expansion system that fractures rock through rapid ...

A year after Plainville residents declared victory over Tilcon’s plan to expand its quarrying operation, one of them is suing the town claiming it didn’t adequately protect neighbors or the ...

Operations restart after 52 days; authorities warn production may halt again due to storage crisis and sluggish sales ...

Explore the NHPC tunnel disaster in Sikkim, caused by methane gas, revealing dangers in Himalayan infrastructure projects.

BEIJING — Rescue teams in southwestern China ‌used explosives on Monday to blast through heavy boulders hampering efforts to ...

The hard-driving rock hit found a whole new audience when Spiderbait put its own high-octane spin on the classic.

Komatsu is progressing a full-scale proof of concept of its MC51 hard-rock continuous miner at an underground mine in Canada.

Anfield Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: AEC; TSX.V: AEC; FRANKFURT: 0AD) (“Anfield” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has received its blasting permits from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, ...

But the scale of the project is difficult to imagine. The tunnel will stretch for 27 kilometres, or around 16.7 miles, making ...

In North Nashville, neighbors around the Whites Creek quarry say their homes have been rattling for years, and they are ...

Bengaluru: At least seven migrant labourers from Bihar were feared dead after a massive boulder collapsed at a stone quarry in Bengaluru South taluk early on Thursday morning. Several others ...

Here's how methane, carbon monoxide and other underground gases accumulate, why they are so dangerous, and what safety measures are used to protect workers during tunnel excavation.