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The Zambian government takes over the running of a troubled Chinese-owned coal mine after revoking its licence because of safety lapses.

Two small islands in South Asia's first marine biosphere reserve have sunk into the sea primarily as a result of coral reef mining, experts say.

There is little hope of finding alive 11 missing coal miners trapped after a gas leak in central China that already killed 26 people, state media said Monday of the country's latest mining disaster.

A gas explosion Saturday killed at least 20 workers at a coal mine in central China, state media reported.

An underground explosion in a coal mine in central China's Henan Province trapped at least 58 miners early Monday, Chinese state media reported.

More than 100 Chinese miners were pulled out alive Monday after being trapped for over a week in a flooded coal mine, where some ...

The Anglo-Australian mining giant rejected Chinese allegations that its employees detained in Shanghai were involved in bribery and stealing state secrets.