The federal government is working on regulations for U.S. mines which includes reducing exposure to silica dust for all miners — not just coal miners. Black lung is an incurable, deadly disease ...

In Martin County, Ky., where coal production has flatlined, entrepreneurs are promising that a new solar farm atop a shuttered mine will bring green energy jobs. By Cara Buckley MARTIN COUNTY ...

New coal mines are leaking methane gases that are in some cases just as destructive to the environment as the pollution released from burning the coal itself, according to a new study. Methane ...

YULIN, China, April 28 (Reuters) - China is pushing automated technology to improve the safety and efficiency of its coal mining industry, the world's largest, which has long been plagued by ...

Down a long gravel road, tucked into the hills in West Virginia, is a low-slung building where researchers are extracting essential elements from an old coal mine that they hope will strengthen ...

Justin Vellucci Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024 5:55 a.m. | Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024 5:55 a.m. Coal mining’s roots in the Pittsburgh area run deeper than the foundations of American democracy. Since the mid ...

A Division of Mining Reclamation and Safety study in 2018 identified 1,736 known abandoned coal mines in Colorado. A contractor hired by the state to examine them found 38 were actively burning or ...