although the vast majority of ore has come from more than a century of digging what was once the world’s largest open-pit mine. Today it employs more than 2,300 employees, including those from ...

“KSM is on a whole other scale of mining, one of the world’s largest open pit mines, if it’s ever built,” said Guy Archibald, SEITC's director. “Our tribes and communities are directly ...

A Chilean court has suspended construction of what would be one of the world's biggest gold mines ... The order, which suspends construction of the open-pit mine while the court studies the ...

The Brazilian municipality of Parauapebas, in the state of Pará, which houses part of the Serra dos Carajás, where the largest open-cast iron ore mine in the world is located, will carry out ...

Before Red Dog mine zinc and germanium wind up in American products, they get refined in Canada, then sent back to the U.S.

Plans for a massive open-pit mine threaten wild salmon and bears at two of ... of the Kvichak and Nushagak Rivers that flow into Bristol Bay, home to the world’s largest wild sockeye salmon run. Wild ...

As you look at the dump trucks, hauling ore out of the largest open pit copper mine in the world, it's easy to think those trucks are small until you see one up close. "This is a Komatsu 930 SE ...