The government has assured a parliamentary committee that conservation and safety funds in coal mines will be fully utilized for hi-tech security, equipment upgrades, and regulating worker hours. This ...

The Trump administration has indicated it will revisit and could make changes to a landmark rule designed to protect mine workers from toxic silica dust, opening the door to a potential rollback of ...

DRENNEN, W.Va. — A preliminary report from the federal Mine Safety Health and Administration says Nicholas County coal miner Steve Lipscomb died a few minutes after the Rolling Thunder Mine was ...

A Colorado woman who fell to her death after stumbling into a vertical mineshaft while hiking has highlighted a potential hazard that lies beneath our feet. On October 20, Jennifer Nelson, 54, slipped ...