South Korea conducted a test inside the former Hamtae mine in late March, deploying prototype moon rovers equipped with tech ...

In South Korea's Taebaek, Gangwon Province, robots are descending into abandoned coal mines to help the country prepare for ...

There are about 500,000 abandoned mines in the United States, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and these long-forgotten facilities can pose a variety of risks to people ...

The UK is home to many ancient sites, but few are as fascinating as the abandoned Roman gold mines hidden in the Welsh ... with visitors eager to explore the underground tunnels and see the ...

But the old mines also left behind a legacy of trouble for today’s Westerners. Abandoned mines dot the Western landscape, polluting the region’s streams with acid mine drainage and connecting the ...

Now a new and perhaps even more vexing concern has emerged: Highway sinkholes stemming from long-abandoned mines. Three sinkholes have opened up along I-80 in Wharton since late December.