A tour guide killed at a former Colorado gold mine last year fell out of a crowded elevator taking tourists below ground ...

Rat-hole mining is banned by the Supreme Court. But its practice persists under the noses of government officials and ...

The National Park Conservation Association has identified 13 national monuments it considers at risk after a recent Interior Department order.

The demand-surpassing production of metallurgical coal, in spite of the availability of environment-friendly alternatives for ...

Once the dominant source of energy in the United States, today, 401 coal units supply roughly 16 percent of the nation’s grid ...

A Boone County coal mine had a long history of safety and environmental violations leading up to a miner death there last ...

A specialist training provider based in one of Sunderland’s historic buildings is set to improve its facilities, following a ...

The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC) on Wednesday announced that Eckley Miners’ Village — a landmark patch town preserving the legacy of Pennsylvania’s Anthracite mining industry — ...

Export officials are excited about creation of a historical area showcasing the borough’s mining history. A $139,000 state ...

With OMV set to announce unexpectedly good flows from its Pohokura field and Genesis buying in more coal, the tide is turning back to investment in fossil fuels. Shane Jones tells Jonathan Milne that ...

Japanese government says it's 'practically difficult' to conduct an investigation due to unclear burial location.

Eighty-three years after a devastating flood in the Chosei coal mine in southern Japan claimed the lives of 183 miners, a ...