Using idle open-cast coal mines for pumped hydropower storage of solar power is financially feasible, new research from India is suggesting. In the study ...

Scientists have described a new species of flower that appears to only grow in a small forest patch on the slopes of a mountain range in Guinea, West Africa, where extensive open-cast mining for iron ...

Plans to build 92 homes on a former colliery have been rejected due to coal needing to be extracted from the site beforehand. Applicants the Yorkshire Mining Company planned to open cast around 10,000 ...

Narok-based gold mine Kilimapesa Gold is looking to expand its operations in Kenya. Caracal Gold, the company that owns Kilimapesa, said recently it plans to expand exploration as well as use cast ...