But during the summer, the ground thaws and the steep slopes of the mine’s pit become unstable. This can cause rockfalls making parts of the mine too dangerous to operate. Underground parts of ...

The Aykhal diamond mine, which sits the near the remote Aykhal settlement in Sakha Republic in Siberia, is run by Russia's ...

An exclusive report By Hannah Beech/Hpakant | Photographs by adam dean When the earth collapsed, as it does nearly every day in the jade hills of Myanmar, Ye Min Naing was poised on a steep slope ...

Michigan failed as a result of high volumes of water moving across the steep terrain. Five geological engineering students at Michigan Technological University are analyzing the stability of the ...