Coal mining is one of the most dangerous jobs, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nearly every day, they face the risk of serious injury from cave-ins or other accidents. Besides ...

Just learning to actually trust what people had to say about him, and the fact that they were all good things.” Landen was only 3 1/2 months old when Bud Morris was fatally injured in an underground ...

On Tuesday, a Corsa Coal miner's wife spoke with us, and said that this past month has been a hard month for not only their family, but all Corsa Coal employees. The wife wanted to remain ...

Minutes after a widow emotionally testified about losing her 29-year-old husband in a deadly 2005 coal mine accident in Harlan County because the first aid available in the mine was inadequate to ...

She joined the safety committees launched by the local chapter of the United Mine Workers, which collaborated with the agency to watchdog coal companies. She understood the price that had been ...

Bathurst Resources has announced a group production target of 33.9 million tonnes of coal to 2040, both from its own mines as well as those from BT Mining, of which Bathurst owns 65%. Production is ...

Currently, 25 states have coal mining operations in place. The term “coal stock” refers to any company involved in coal mining, processing or burning. A company with a coal stock might be ...

Although international coal prices have softened, Coal India, the world’s largest coal miner, has ruled out any price rationalisation. Speaking at the Indian Coal Markets Conference, organised ...

Rate of black lung disease among miners may be 10 times higher than reported Lung disease is a well-known deadly consequence of working in the coal industry. But a new NPR study finds miners are ...

Coal mining affects communities in the Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo provinces. The coal seams there supply thermal coal (coal that’s burnt to run electricity turbines) and higher ...