This eerie town sits above a coal mine fire that has been continuously burning for well over half a century and has been ...

According to the MSHA website, the miner died at around 2:50 p.m. Friday at the Black Eagle Mine in Raleigh County operated by Alpha Metallurgical Resources. The accident, which take place underground ...

Open-cast mining, where coal is dug out of the ground through a giant, open pit, destroys habitats. South Africa has many of ...

Deep under the earth is a dark and mysterious place where stories ... wealth of the earth to those of us on the surface. From coal mines in England to Gold mines in Nevada, now you have the ...

For the people of Gillette, dropping coal… Nation’s largest coal mining company files for bankruptcy protection Peabody Energy, the country's largest coal company, filed for Chapter 11 ...

Last month, the Trump administration nominated mining industry association executive Wayne Palmer to head MSHA.

Warrior Met Coal is getting closer to production on a project that it says could produce up to $1.3 billion annually in metallurgical coal. The Brookwood-based company said the mine could begin ...