When the Trump administration took the first steps toward shutting down two major programs aimed at protecting the nation’s miners, the grassroots response was immediate, and vehement. And, it turns ...

Researchers replaced brazed tungsten carbide tips on coal shearer picks with a laser-cladded nanostructured coating and ...

A new study shows that rates for black lung disease in Appalachia are surging. At the same time, the Trump administration is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Tuesday, as coal miners crowded into the Oval Office to watch President Donald Trump sign an executive order meant to ...

Shillong, Oct 11 (PTI) A technical team of the Coal Ministry has inspected coal-bearing areas in Meghalaya to assess the feasibility of resuming small-scale mining, which has remained suspended since ...

Shillong: A technical team from the Union ministry of coal, accompanied by officials of the Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Ltd (CMPDI), the Directorate General of Mines Safety (DGMS) and ...

When the Trump administration’s Department Of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was disbanded late last year, employees at the U.S. government’s vast labyrinth of agencies, boards, and commissions might ...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) released three proposed rules on July 1 aimed at revising the criteria for approving safety plans in underground coal mines.

Meghalaya explores small-scale coal mining revival as Centre assesses safety and environmental safeguards for regulated ...

Federal mine safety officials have classified the death of a Kanawha County coal miner Thursday as a powered haulage accident ...

It has not been a very good year for the American coal industry, as both exports and price per ton continue to trend downwards, but it’s been even worse for the coal miners themselves. Meanwhile, one ...