Three sinkholes have appeared on the section of Route 80 that opened in 1960. Questions surround the contractor, but is there more to it?

The Sterling Mine, the last operating mine in New Jersey, suspended large-scale commercial mining operations in 1986. Since then, it has become a popular tourist attraction and educational center that ...

More than 85% of the state's abandoned mines excavated iron-bearing magnetite ore from a wide band of hard rock formations known as the Highlands Region. Story continues below map of abandoned ...

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None of the maps of the area are thought to include all ... bearing magnetite amid belts of dense gneiss. New Jersey's iron mines may be long closed, but development in the northern part of ...

Findings could address a key mystery about Mars’s ancient past: How and when was the planet’s atmosphere thick enough to ...

Nearly 17% of the world's croplands are contaminated with "heavy metals," according to a new study in Science. These ...

A recent exchange of letters between ArcelorMittal Liberia (AML) and the Government of Liberia, represented by the National Investment Commission (NIC) and the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) has ...

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