A retired Chinese coal miner has found an underground solution to the country's sky-high housing costs, by carving out a new home beneath the shack he lives in, state media reported.

Give me a break. Mountaintop Mining Activists and Environmental Champions, known by some to be, how might

The Greens will seek to change federal environmental laws to oversee problems caused by Queensland's mining boom.

With eXLink Mining Connectors, engineers can commission and decommission electrical equipment installed in underground mines without using special tools and without having to isolate, and then disconnect equipment. Units are designed with armoured cables, which are certified for use in hazardous firedamp areas. Any electrical device with power consumption up to 16 A can be plugged in and out ...

Mining equipment manufacturer Joy Global, Inc. reported Wednesday a decline in profit for the third quarter, mainly hurt by lower underground equipment sales as well as sales from United States. Quarterly earnings per share, however, topped the market projections, while top line missed their view. The Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based company lifted its fiscal 2010 earnings forecast.

Trapped miners are seen underground in a copper and gold mine at Copiapo, some 725 km (450 miles) north of Santiago, in this frame grab taken August 29, 2010. REUTERS/Chilean Mining Ministry/Handout MONTEVIDEO, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Survivors of a 1972 plane crash featured in the movie "Alive" will travel to Chile to comfort the families of 33 trapped miners as a way of repaying the country for ...

The Greens want to amend federal environmental powers to ensure mining in Qld does no't affect groundwater.

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said Wednesday he hopes 33 miners trapped nearly a half-mile underground will be home by Christmas

The effort to save 33 men trapped deep in a Chilean mine is an unprecedented challenge, mining safety experts said Tuesday. It means months of drilling, then a harrowing three-hour trip in a cage up a narrow hole carved through solid rock.

NASA experts advised Chilean officials to be frank with 33 miners trapped deep underground about how long their rescue will take, as a giant drill slowly burrowed toward the desperate men.