MSHA is required to inspect each underground mine quarterly and each surface mine twice a year. MSHA inspectors are supposed to check every working section of a mine. They examine electrical and ...

The British Army is testing a new device called the WEEVIL that turns any compatible armored vehicle into a robotic mine-clearing machine that can autonomously plow a minefield into a dirt road ...

Anglo American remains in talks over the sale of its coal portfolio after its buyer said it was reviewing its options following a fire at an Australian mine. The mining giant told shareholders ...

Volunteers are set to begin planting 10,000 trees Thursday to help complete a massive reforestation project on a former surface mine in Knott County. Michael French is the director of operations for ...

Peabody is considering its options after Anglo was forced to stop work at one of Queensland’s biggest underground coal mines after a suspected explosion. The immediate future of the Moranbah ...

Anglo American agreed to sell its steelmaking coal business, including the Moranbah North mine, where the fire broke out last week, to St. Louis-based Peabody in November. It was the U.K.-based ...

The next month, GIR acknowledged the spike, but said the only activity at the mine during that period was the "removal of surface snow." In a letter to the state, GIR President Daniel Takami ...

(Bloomberg) — Peabody Energy Corp. shares rose after the company said it’s reviewing a deal worth up to $3.78 billion to buy Anglo American Plc’s steel-making coal business after a fire at an ...