coal mines

Conservation groups have called on the Biden administration to step up and keep its election promise to protect humans from an unfavourable climate from coal.

The United States could lose more than 15,000 coal jobs per decade in the 2030s and 40s.

Amid layoffs and idled operations, the U.S. coal industry is close to setting a record low for on-the-job deaths in coal mines

A group representing more than 50 labor unions in British Columbia, Canada, is wading into the growing controversy surrounding a plan to use foreign labor in four new coal mines in the province.

At least 20 miners were killed in China’s latest coal mining accident just weeks after one of the deadliest blasts in years killed dozens of workers, breaking notions that the country is improving its mining safety record.

Pike River Mine tragedy - second explosion near Greymouth, New Zealand, leaves 29 men presumed dead.

Pike River Coal Mine - Drilling penetrates into tunnel near where 29 miners have remained trapped since last Fridays explosion.

An attempt to rescue 29 miners trapped in the Pike River Mine of the South Island, NZ, will be delayed until tomorrow.