Mining these huge panels doesn't come without a cost, however. Underground mining causes what's known as subsidence -- the land above a mine settles -- but since longwall mining leaves behind no ...

Nearly 450 billion yuan ($63 billion) has been invested in mineral exploration and 150 new mineral deposits have been discovered nationwide during the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) period, the ...

Robots don’t belong on volleyball courts, but for more than a decade Virginia Tech students had no other large, sandy place to test out mining robots. It was “a real lost opportunity” that students ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Montana Tech's Mining Team is headed to the University of Exeter’s Camborne School of Mines for the 47th International Collegiate Mining Competition. Thirty students will participate ...

Rare earth elements thread invisibly through daily life, quietly powering everything from laptops to smartphones to cars. "They're essential ingredients for our modern lives," said Virginia Tech ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Katie Deighton: Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Wednesday, July 2nd. I'm ...

From core shacks to cloud systems, mining is entering a digital era where innovation could shape how projects move forward. In mining, billion-dollar bets depend on how someone reads a rock.

Montana Tech mining engineering student Alex Broili won't graduate from college until May 2007, but it appears that he won't have any trouble finding a good job. ''I've already had some offers,'' ...