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

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

The seven Mine Safety and Health Administration offices once scheduled to be shuttered include: Madisonville, Barbourville, ...

The Trump administration appears to have backtracked on an earlier decision to close more than 30 offices that enforce mine ...

President Donald Trump gathered dozens of hard-hat-clad coal miners around him in the White House East Room. He joked about ...

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 ...

In the late 1700s to mid-1800s, coal miners worked in dim light ... and carbide lights and first-generation electric mine lights and old safety lights that you’ll use for checking for gas ...

as well as cuts at the Mine Health Safety Administration, were putting miners at risk, even as President Donald Trump called for a revival of the coal industry. The status of NIOSH workers had ...

And that’s what’s going to kill you.” That’s the bleak reality facing Virginia coal miners, retired miner John Robinson told ...

The other 130 workers were evacuated to safety within an hour of the flooding at the Jingmei Energy Co. mine in Gansu, a major coal-producing region. China has been working to improve mine safety ...

Balram on Tuesday conducted a whirlwind tour of the Yellandu coal belt as part of efforts to bolster coal production with an emphasis on safety and ... in all the coal mines for boosting productivity.