HULUNBUIR, China (AP) — China is the world’s largest coal producer and consumer. In 2024, the country produced more than 470 million metric tons of coal, accounting for 52.6% of the world’s total.

A fleet of 100 Huaneng Ruichi autonomous electric mining trucks, the first of its kind in the world, has officially entered operation at the Yimin open-pit mine in Inner Mongolia, China. Powered by a ...

A Chinese open-pit coal mine deployed 100 autonomous, AI-powered trucks in 2025, and they've already set three records for ...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A committee in Mexico's lower house of Congress approved two constitutional reforms that would prohibit open-pit mining and fracking, as well as restrict the use of genetically ...

This image provided by EcoFlight shows an aerial view of the terraced structure of the Wharf gold mine in the Black Hills on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. (EcoFlight via AP) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A gold ...

MANILA, June 23 (Reuters) - The incoming minister in charge of Philippine mining has slammed the use of open pits to extract minerals, describing it as "madness" even to consider the method in the ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A gold rush brought settlers to South Dakota’s Black Hills about 150 years ago, chasing the dream of wealth and displacing Native Americans in the process. Now, a new crop of ...