It is a mineral used to make types of plaster which coat our homes, schools and offices - and in Cumbria sits the world's deepest gypsum mine ... old saying from the coal miners: It's always ...

West Cumbria Mining has been silent on its intentions since permission was quashed last year.

Johannesburg was discovered in 1886, following the discovery of the main Witwatersrand gold reef, which today houses the world's deepest mine. The Witwatersrand, known locally as the Rand and ...

deep inside the Stara Jama coal mine, in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, July 15, 2015. A miner waits for a bus after leaving Zasyadko coal mine in Donetsk, March 4, 2015. Dozens of miners were ...