CYCLONE, W.Va. — A coal miner died Thursday morning after an incident at the Lower War Eagle mine in Wyoming County, ...

An explosion in a coal mine in eastern Iran killed at least 34 workers and injured 17 others, officials said Sunday, marking one of the worst mining disasters in the country's history as others ...

Scientists who work to prevent mine disasters and the spread of disease among miners face looming cuts under the Trump administration. Federal scientists and engineers working to prevent deadly ...

One month ago, on September 8, approximately 800,000 tons of mud slid into an underground portion of the Grasberg mine. Located in Indonesia, this is one of the world’s largest copper mines.

Coal tip safety must be fully funded to keep communities safe from another Aberfan disaster, a Plaid Cymru MP has said. In 1966, a spoil-heap landslide crushed Pantglas Primary School in the ...

The probe of the worst U.S. coal-mining disaster in decades has produced its first conviction – a former mine security chief found guilty of lying to investigators. After the jury returned its verdict ...