Environmental groups had opposed expanding a Montana mine previously caught up in allegations of cocaine trafficking and the ...

The U.S. Interior Department approved a plan by Signal Peak Energy to expand coal mining, providing exports for Japan and ...

An aging coal power plant slated to shutter will run through the summer at the order of Energy Sec. Chris Wright, a decision ...

The Trump administration has cut programs that protected workers from lung disease, aided those afflicted, and kept miners safe.

Mining company Signal Peak Energy sits atop a billion-ton coal reserve beneath Montana’s rugged Bull Mountains and ships 98% ...

Core Natural Resources will idle operations at its Itmann mine in West Virginia in August, citing weaker than expected market ...

The Powder River Basin’s two largest producers continue to be the canary in Wyoming’s coal mining industry. The 2025 first quarter earnings reports ...

Talon Metals’ new facility will process U.S.-sourced nickel and copper, fueling EV and defense sectors while boosting North ...

In 1924, coal mining in America was at its peak, employing over 860,000 miners. Today, employment numbers are slightly over 40,000. Want more proof that the industry is on the decline? Just take a ...

Nearby, mining counties across Virginia’s slice of Appalachia were reeling after decades of job loss. Mr. Stacy and his friend Jim McGlothlin, both former coal magnates, seized on what they ...

Hundreds of years later, Underground Miners, a dedicated nonprofit of volunteers consisting of miners and coal mine enthusiasts, will demonstrate the vintage lighting miners used to dig for ...