Mine

Poland

A third coal miner dies in Poland after a methane explosion

The victims were among 16 miners injured at the Knurow-Szczyglowice coal mine on Wednesday, when methane gas ignited about 850 metres below ground level.

26/01/2025

Slovenia

Coal mine accident in Slovenia kills one person, two remain missing

The cause of the incident remains undetermined. Slovenia's President Nataša Pirc Musar has called for a thorough investigation.

21/01/2025

Iran

Dozens dead and 17 feared trapped after explosion at coal mine in Iran

A rescue effort is underway as 17 miners are believed to be trapped in the mine's tunnels at a depth of 200 metres below the surface.

22/09/2024

Economy

Lithium: How Serbia is balancing its interests between EU and China

French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting Serbia, less than five months after he hosted his Serbian counterpart in Paris. It comes as the EU and China continue to strengthen economic ties with Belgrade - but can Serbia maintain a diplomatic balance?

29/08/2024

Markets

Copper-bottomed deal for investors as metal climbs to record high

Supply fears and soaring demand have both contributed to surging copper prices, which is also considered an indicator of overall economic health.

12/04/2024

World News

Euroviews. Landmines are being used again. Bold UN action must help their victims

A generation after the Ottawa mine ban treaty, a new conflict sees the use of land mines rise again. The new UN Human Rights Council action could be used to hold states accountable in post-war decontamination and support for victims, six notable human rights advocates write.

04/04/2024

Markets

Will these mining stocks dig their way to greatness in 2024?

Euronews Business takes a look at the performance of mining stocks across Europe in 2023 and looks at the outlook for companies in 2024.

22/12/2023

Kazakhstan

At least 32 dead in Kazakhstan coal mine fire

Operating company ArcelorMittal Temirtau added that at least another 14 people still remain unaccounted for.

28/10/2023

No Comment

WATCH: India's burning coalfields 'like hell'

Coal pickers and activists report hundreds of people have died over the decades from underground fires that scientists believe started in a mine accident in 1916, which created sinkholes which swallow people and their homes.

14/07/2023

Culture news

'Supernatural' actor Misha Collins on demining in Ukraine

After all the fighting dies down, Ukrainians will have to deal with untold numbers of deadly mines. United24's latest ambassador Misha Collins has an initiative to tackle the problem.

02/06/2023

Peru

Bodies of 27 Peruvian mine fire victims taken to morgue

The remains of 27 victims have been taken to the local morgue after Peru's worst mining accident in recent years.

09/05/2023

Ukraine

Mines and unexploded ordnances: Ukraine’s other enemy

Since the beginning of the war, at least 758 civilians have died in Ukraine due to explosions caused by mines.

18/04/2023

Eco-Innovation

Could abandoned mines hold the answer to storing renewable energy?

Could dropping containers of sand down mine shafts give us a way to store renewable energy?

29/03/2023

Spain

Three killed in Spanish mine collapse

An official from the Spanish operator ICL Iberia confirmed that the three men were Spanish nationals and experienced geologists and that two of them were postgraduate students.

09/03/2023

China

At least 49 missing and four dead at Chinese coal mine landslide

At least 49 people missing and four dead from the collapse of an open pit coal mine in northern China.

23/02/2023

Green News

Australia blocks new coal mine 10km from Great Barrier Reef 

For the first time ever, Australia's federal government has blocked a coal mine using environmental law.

08/02/2023

Cambodia

Cambodian demining experts train Ukrainians how to clear Russian mines

Both countries are ranked among the top places in the world plagued by "massive" mine contamination.

19/01/2023

Germany

Thunberg arrested during protest over German coal mine expansion

Thousands joined the demonstrations in the last days in Lutzerath to oppose the expansion of a gigantic open-pit mine that will swallow the now-empty village and the surrounding countryside.

18/01/2023

No Comment

Watch: Police clear climate activists from German village

Police pressed ahead Thursday with the clearance of a condemned village in western Germany, where activists are vowing to hold out against its demolition to make way for the expansion of a coal mine.

12/01/2023

Ukraine

Ukraine eyes up the strategic Kinburn Peninsula

, Kyiv has its eyes set on the strategic Kinburn peninsula. It’s a piece of land that juts out from the in the Black Sea. Crucially it is connected to territory on the south side of the Dneiper river.

30/11/2022