The Super Pit is the largest open-pit gold mine in Australia, and one of the largest in the world. House-size machines dig into a canyon-size hole. Here's a full tour.

BOVEY — A permanent fix to control rising water levels in an old Iron Range mine pit is on the way. As part of this year’s bonding bill, the Minnesota Legislature approved $8.875 million for ...

An open cut pit at the Ranger uranium mine in the Northern Territory has been capped after 20 years of rehabilitation work. Energy Resources Australia (ERA) began filling in Pit 1 after mining in ...

Northshore Mining, based in Silver Bay, plans to expand its taconite pit south of Babbitt into an area that contains sulfur-bearing rock. When sulfur in the soil is exposed to water, the runoff ...

Roberta Dwyer says she gets criticized for using “unique” far too often to describe the proposed U.S. 53 reroute in Virginia, Minn., but she just can’t come up with a better word.… ...

Engie, the owner of Hazelwood, is proposing to fill all or part of the mine pit to become a lake and recreation area. The inspiration comes from the Lausitz, ...

Inside the world's largest open-pit copper mine, dump trucks as big as two-story houses work around the clock to haul hundreds of tons of rock and minerals 2,790 feet (850 meters) to the surface ...