One of the things you have to be careful about, obviously coal is highly combustible. But as you're mining part of the process, you're actually mining into methane gas seams. So if your equipment ...

These programs are more urgent than ever as Appalachian coal miners cut through massive amounts of highly-toxic sandstone to reach the thin coal seams ... in southern West Virginia struck and ...

One patron recalled dropping acid up on Boot Hill, where Virginia City’s infamous ... There are likely hundreds of smoldering coal seams in northeastern Wyoming and local fire officials are working on ...

Core Natural Resources will idle operations at its Itmann mine in West Virginia in August, citing weaker than expected market ...

Republicans have blamed environmental regulations enacted during the Obama and Biden administrations for the downfall of the country’s coal industry. States such as West Virginia were left ...

The U.S. Department of the Interior announced Thursday the availability of $130 million in funding for fiscal year 2025 ...

A WARN notice was filed with WorkForce West Virginia on Tuesday for a “mass layoff” at Itmann Mining Company LP, the third in ...

There were few signs in recent months that Core Natural Resources would shut down a southern West Virginia coal mine, leaving ...

GILLETTE — The 2024 fire season in northeast Wyoming likely started hundreds of new coal seam fires in Campbell, Sheridan and Johnson counties. The three counties are on track to apply for a ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A judge on Tuesday ordered the restoration of a health monitoring program for coal miners in West Virginia and rescinded layoffs the federal government implemented in a ...