The Bingham Canyon Mine won't get any deeper, but it might get wider than the current 2.5-mile span of the giant hole Rio ...

Miners want to return to the treasured landscape, promising an economic boost while raising fears of how modern gold extraction could forever change the region.

An iron-ore mine on Tasmania's north-west coast plans to move its operations underground by 2035, in a push that would improve the longevity and carbon footprint of the mine — but at the likely cost ...