The coal miners parading into the room had reason to clap. Minutes earlier President Trump had announced that he would single-handedly revive the coal mining industry. "The miners told me about the attacks on their jobs and their livelihoods," he recounted to his suited audience last March, just before
More than a year after the flooding of an illegal coal mine killed 15 miners in Meghalaya, the collective failure of all disaster management
A core region of hard coal extraction and energy production with a 200 year mining tradition: This brief description applies to the Ruhr region, but also to Turkey
The allocation was made under Section 5(1) of Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act 2015 for commercial mining, a release from the public sector enterprise on
A little over 90 miles from the Arctic Circle sits the coal-mining town of Vorkuta, Russia. Situated in the permafrost, it is one of the largest cities north of the Arctic
Inhaling coal mine dust is a major occupational hazard for coal miners and is known to cause several types of respiratory diseases, with coal worker's
For decades, coal mining here both fed the local population and provided the whole of Germany with heat and electricity. It was clear that one
Russian authorities reportedly slapped white paint onto snow to hide evidence of pollution in a coal-mining town in Siberia. Footage shared by
On 21. December 2018 the mining of hard coal officially comes to an end in Germany. The closing of the last mine in the Ruhr region marks the end of 200 years
The Trump administration is reconsidering existing federal rules to keep coal miners from breathing coal dust and diesel fumes, Kallanish Energy reports. The review by the Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration is just getting under way. Coal dust can result in black lung disease and
Earlier this month, Baughman renewed Sunrise Coal's Oaktown Nos. 1 and 2 underground mines in Knox County for another five years. Oaktown 1 produced nearly 2.8 million st and Oaktown 2 almost 2 million st in the first nine months of this year, MSHA data showed. The mines are on track to exceed 6
There is speculation that the stalled Gina Rinehart-backed Alpha coal mine project in the Galilee Basin could be progressing, after the company lobbyist met with key Opposition politicians during the Queensland election campaign, sparking predictions of an impending fire sale. GVK Hancock lobbyist Josh
In 2010, four methane gas explosions rocked the Pike River coal mine, killing 29 workers and triggering the worst mining accident in New
They were part of a broader decline in coal mining across the country, driven largely by cheap natural gas, which emits less carbon than coal,
The move comes close on heels of national auditors, Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), censuring State-run miner, Coal India Limited
Germany will close its last black coal mine on Friday, turning the page on two centuries of mining history in the Ruhr region that helped fuel the
The company is buying Mitsubishi Development's 10% interest in the Ulan coal operation in New South Wales to take full ownership of it and
A Fort Langley writer published a historical novel in honour of his great-grandmother who worked in the coal mines in the 1880s. Don Hunter
The movie "Mine 9" was partially filmed in Tazewell County, Virginia at the Calico coal mine. The storyline follows nine miners who get trapped
PTOLEMAIDA, Greece - If earthquakes struck in slow motion, the results might be visible in a place like the Greek village of Anargyri,