The blaze started decades ago when an old pile of coal waste spontaneously combusted, according to the Colorado Division of ...

President Trump has dismantled the safety net that for years protected miners from injury and disease. CNN’s Kyung Lah ...

Ahead of Global Lifting Awareness Day on 12 June, Mining Technology speaks to Ross Moloney, CEO of the Lifting Equipment ...

A certification was entered in federal court this week proving that at least 50 employees at the National Institute of ...

Josh Cochran worked deep in the coal mines of West Virginia since he ... A federal program run by the Mine Safety and Health Administration and the National Institute for Occupational Safety ...

Trump signs executive orders to boost coal, a reliable but polluting energy source WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a series of executive orders aimed at boosting the ...

Today, a majority of U.S. coal mines are nonunion and the UMW is a shell of the powerful safety advocate it once was.UMW President Cecil Roberts said workers’ safety will be left “solely in th ...

JUSTIN HICKS, BYLINE: I recently visited the entrance of the Upper Big Branch mine in Montcoal, West Virginia. There, 29 shiny black miner helmets ... coal mine. HICKS: The budget for the Mine ...

AP Photo/John Raby Retired coal miner Stanley “Goose” Stewart holds a helmet he wore inside the ... leases for three dozen offices in the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the agency ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Retired coal miner Stanley “Goose” Stewart ...

Retired coal miner Stanley "Goose" Stewart holds a helmet he wore inside the Upper Big Branch mine when it blew up on April 5, 2010, killing 29 men, as he stands for a portrait at his home in ...

At the start of their shift, the coal miners working ... For Consol, safety is a priority, said Gaven Verbosky, safety supervisor. That includes gear. Miners wear reflective shirts and pants, and a ...