After 69 harrowing days underground, the 33 Chilean miners who became trapped in a gold and copper mine in Northern Chile on Aug. 5 are finally being rescued. Rescue efforts began last night — and ...

Chile’s state-owned copper company halted operations at its El Teniente mine after an earthquake. By Francesca Regalado and Jonathan Wolfe Dramatic stories of heroism and failure, including the rescue ...

COPIAPO, Chile, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Chilean rescuers hoisted 33 trapped miners to safety on Wednesday as millions watched round the globe and church bells pealed across the nation after a two-month ...

With the story of the 12 Thailand boys and their soccer coach coming to the most heartwarming of conclusions after all were freed from a cave in a dangerous, but successful, rescue mission that ...

Rescue workers practice a dry run with one of the capsules used to liberate the trapped miners at the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, on October 11, 2010. Photo Credit: Hugo Infante/Government of ...

SAN JOSE MINE, Chile (AP) — The engineer leading Chilean rescue efforts says his team has successfully tested a rescue capsule nearly all the way down to where the miners are trapped. Andres Sougarett ...

SANTIAGO, Chile — A collapse at a copper mine in Chile killed one worker and left five trapped underground, authorities said Friday, forcing Chile’s state mining company to suspend operations in ...