In an early scene from the Oscar-winning “Harlan County U.S.A.,” a piece of technology is shown swallowing coal miners by the dozen. One after the other, we see helmeted workers merge their prone ...

Freeport McMoRan Inc. will eliminate 430 jobs — more than one-third of the workforce — at its Sierrita Mine in Green Valley in January because of plunging prices for the molybdenum and copper mined ...

A new copper mine that could be an economic boost to the western Upper Peninsula has garnered both support and resistance. Highland Copper Company plans to develop a $425 million copper mine in ...

Mining remains one of the highest-paying sectors in the country, ranking third in terms of average monthly earnings.

Mining, long a part of state history, is now a $4 billion-a-year industry in Alaska, with export value rivaling that of ...

Sixty jobs will be lost at the Hazelwood mine due to a “change in methodology” by owner – ENGIE – following an investigation into an earth movement in the open cut last September. The change will make ...