He observed coal extraction using blast-free surface miner technology and visited the state-of-the-art silos developed under the First Mile Connectivity initiative for eco-friendly coal ...

Trump has long espoused a love of coal. “I call it beautiful, clean coal—I tell my people to never use the word ‘coal’ unless you put ‘beautiful, clean’ before it,” the president ...

Safety advocates are bemoaning the delay of new measures to protect coal miners. On Tuesday, as coal miners crowded into the Oval Office to watch President Donald Trump sign an executive order ...

The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement released its decision on leasing federal coal tracts near the Spring Creek Mine in Decker, relying heavily on a presidential executive ...

Somerset County coal miners began a 16-month strike on April 14, 1922, for better working conditions and union recognition. Miners and their families faced evictions, harsh living conditions and ...

The aim was to gain a more comprehensive understanding of methane emissions from underground and surface coal mining. The German-Australian research team's evaluation of a large open-cast coal ...

Retired coal miner Stanley “Goose ... costly steps necessary to protect miners. MSHA is required to inspect each underground mine quarterly and each surface mine twice a year.