(Adds details on closure of mine, background on market conditions) MEXICO CITY, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Mexican mining company Penoles said on Tuesday it had suspended operations at its lead, zinc and ...

Photgraph shows a person in the Cave of Crystals with giant white gypsum crystals criss-crossing behind him. For millennia, conditions within the Cave of Crystals (290 m underground) were perfect for ...

A geologist explores the caves of giant crystals inside the Naica Mine in Chihuahua, Mexico. Discovered by two miners looking for lead in 2001, these amazing crystal-lined caves could be mistaken for ...

Seventeen years ago, two brothers who worked for Industrias Peñoles were mining a tunnel underneath the Naica Mountain in Chihuahua, Mexico. They accidentally stumbled upon the Sistine Chapel of ...

Mexico's Cave of Crystals stunned geologists when it was first discovered in 2000. The underground chamber contains some of the largest natural crystals ever found - some of the selenite structures ...

It is a remarkable discovery in an amazing place. Scientists have extracted long-dormant microbes from inside the famous giant crystals of the Naica mountain caves in Mexico - and revived them. The ...

MEXICO CITY, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Mexican mining company Penoles said on Tuesday it had suspended operations at its lead, zinc and silver-producing Naica mine in the north of the country, delivering ...