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 “Feasibility study of solar photovoltaic ...

Applicants the Yorkshire Mining Company planned to open cast around 10,000 tonnes of coal and 25,000 tonnes of clay at the former Whitwell Main site to the east of Streethouse village, near Wakefield.

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 ...

Caracal Gold, the company that owns Kilimapesa, said recently it plans to expand exploration as well as use cast mining in new areas where it is licensed to mine for gold.