In January 2019, a tailings dam from an iron ore mine burst near the southeast Brazilian town of Brumadinho, unleashing a ...

Fairmont State University has partnered with Brazilian movie producer Andreza Araújo to host the U.S. premiere of “A Day to Remember,” a documentary about the Farmington No. 9 mining disaster that ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — There was the California Gold Rush of the 1850s and the Tucson Gold Rush of the late 1880s. Prospectors by the thousands descended on the Santa Catalina Mountains searching in ...

Mines in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, once leading mineral producers, are preserved for public tours. Visitors can book tours to explore the underground history in the Iron Mountain Iron Mine, Quincy ...