CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia DNR held a public meeting Tuesday evening in regard to the master plan for the Forks of Coal Natural Area in Kanawha County. Residents were able to stop by ...

BEIJING (AP) — Water rushed into a coal mine in northwestern China’s Gansu province, leaving three workers dead, official state news agency Xinhua reported Tuesday. There were 133 people ...

The other 130 workers were evacuated to safety within an hour of the flooding at the Jingmei Energy Co. mine in Gansu, a major coal-producing region. A fire at a coal mining company building killed 26 ...

The damage was extensive, particularly in White River Junction, where residents and emergency crews spent Sunday dealing with the aftermath Oregon's landmark bottle recycling law may change due to ...

The Moline-Coal Valley School District has announced three recipients of the Those Who Excel Award from the Illinois State Board of Education. Jenna Bennison, kindergarten teacher at Franklin ...

In 1924, coal mining in America was at its peak, employing over 860,000 miners. Today, employment numbers are slightly over 40,000. Want more proof that the industry is on the decline? Just take a ...

severe mining pressure behavior and even working face instability can occur. For FMTC working faces in extra-thick coal seams with dual key strata, simultaneous fracturing and rotation occur in both ...

The exploration programme is set to take place at the existing unreclaimed Grassy Mountain mine site, targeting coal seams in the Mist Mountain Formation, to obtain raw coal samples and improve ...

China has deployed a fleet of autonomous electric mining trucks at the Yimin open-pit coal mine in Inner Mongolia. The operation, led by state-backed energy giant Huaneng Group, includes 100 ...