Coal mining has produced some of the deadliest industrial accidents in modern history. From methane explosions and coal dust ignition to structural collapse and flooding, the industry’s worst ...

A list of some of history's worst mine disasters: —1942: China's northeast is the site of the world's deadliest coal mine disaster when an accident kills 1,549 miners in Japanese-occupied Manchuria ...

An explosion inside a mine in northern Turkey has killed two workers and injured five others. Rescuers are trying to reach ...

A gas explosion at a coal mine in China’s northern province of Shanxi, the country's main coal mining province, killed at least 82 people, local officials said Saturday. The cause of the explosion, ...

China Lowers Death Toll in Shanxi Coal Mine Disaster to 82 BEIJING, May 24 (Reuters) - The chaos in the aftermath ⁠of ⁠China's worst mine disaster ⁠in 17 years led to a revision in the death toll to ...

(CNN) — Here is a look at mine disasters, accidents and deaths in the United States. This is a list of notable mine disasters and is not all-inclusive. December 6, 1907 – Worst coal mine disaster in ...

Two miners were killed and five injured, two of them seriously, in an explosion at a privately owned mine in northern Turkey.

In Shanxi, the province that sits at the heart of China's coal-mining industry, there's long been a saying: "Only go down a coal pit when you have no other way out." For decades, life in these pits ...

Prince William is paying his respects in Wales. The heir to the throne joined his father King Charles and Queen Camilla for a visit to the village of Aberfan, 60 years after 144 people, the majority ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescue workers pass by an ambulance in the aftermath of an explosion at Changzhi ...