That point is the closest his house gets to the underground workings of Rustic Ridge #1 mine, an active coal mine about 300 feet below the surface. The mine is owned by LCT Energy of Johnstown, Pa., ...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Interior announced Thursday the availability of $130 million in funding for fiscal year 2025 through the Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization (AMLER) ...

Maryland’s largest active underground coal mine changed hands last month after the mine’s previous operator, Canadian firm Corsa Coal, filed for bankruptcy and auctioned assets to pay ...

BEIJING (AP) — Water rushed into a coal mine in northwestern China’s Gansu province, leaving three workers dead, official state news agency Xinhua reported Tuesday. There were 133 people ...

Coal mine fires aren’t exactly rare, but they can be notoriously hard to manage. They smolder underground for months, sometimes years, without obvious signs until heat or smoke surfaces. In the U.S., ...

The judge also noted the congressional intent of the Coal Mine and Safety Act of 1969, which cited “an urgent need to provide more effective means and measures for improving the working conditions … ...

GRANTSVILLE — Maryland’s largest active underground coal mine changed hands last month after the mine’s previous operator, Canadian firm Corsa Coal, filed for bankruptcy and auctioned assets to pay ...

The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (DRMS) announces the start of construction activities for Phase One of the Corley Mine Surface Burn Mitigation Project, an earth-moving and c… ...

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Scranton firefighters took their training underground Thursday, literally, at the Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour in McDade Park to prepare for the unexpected.

Harlan County still has many active mines, but, like all of coal country, it has seen layoffs and bankruptcies cut the number of jobs by more than half since 2012. The reasons are complex, but ...

In West Virginia, Kimberly Thomas was burned over 20 percent of her body on April 5, said her husband, Arles Junior Thomas, who put the 3 a.m. fire out with a fire extinguisher and called 911.

The Commonwealth is hiring Anthracite Mine Electrical Inspectors to work in Lackawanna and Luzerne counties, among other surrounding counties, with a starting pay of upwards of $107k annually.