OpEd: To incentivize economic growth in our declining coal towns and prevent extensive pollution, what if our mines were ...

The coal mines of the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company were some of the largest employers of convict laborers. Coal mines were dangerous for all workers. Collapsing mines, suffocation ...

The expansion, which is proposed to include the mining of federally owned coal, comes in the wake of a settlement over the company’s environmental record and as its mines continue to be cited by ...

Johannesburg — More than 4,000 miners locked in a standoff with South African authorities over illegal mining were believed ...

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 ...

After years of steady decline, the price of a key type of coal used to make steel doubled in 2016, largely due to a spike in demand from China. This led some mines to hire more workers and ...

May 20, 2024 — A team of geologists analyzed 3,500 samples taken in and around coal mines in Utah and Colorado. Their findings open the possibility that these mines could see a secondary ...

Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s recent decision to approve expansion plans for three New South Wales coal mines disappointed many people concerned with stabilising the global climate.

From Pennsylvania to the north of England, coal mines helped to power the Industrial Revolution, turbocharging the economic growth of countries around the world. Today, however, the production and ...

Plans to build the UK's first deep coal mine in more than 30 years have been quashed. Two campaign groups had brought legal action over the previous government's decision to grant planning ...

The engine was commonly found in coal mines across Britain and Europe in the 1700s. Steam-powered engines in coal mines dated back to 1712, with invention of the Newcomen engine – a device that ...