A year after recording a record low of eight coal mining deaths in 2016, the number of mining deaths nearly doubled to 15 deaths in 2017. Eight of those deaths were in neighboring West Virginia with two mining deaths in Kentucky. No other state had more than one coal-mining death during the year, with
With the recent Cabinet decision to remove end-use restrictions in coal blocks to be put up for auctions, dozens of coal mines with abundant
The page on the calendar has turned and the year 2020 has arrived. With it comes a very special year as Port Morien, the cradle of coal mining
The Union Cabinet had recently approved the amendments which intend to open up new areas of growth in the coal and mining sector,
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NEW DELHI - To reach the coal deposits in this remote corner of northeast India, workers dig shafts straight down into the earth, then excavate
Sayeb, after all, is the lone survivor among the 15 miners trapped in Ksan coal mine of Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills since 13 December, even
FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2007 file photo, Robert "Bob" Murray, founder and chairman of Cleveland-based Murray Energy Corp., arrives at a news conference at the entrance to the Crandall Canyon Mine, in northwest of Huntington, Utah. In the early days of the Trump administration, Murray, the head of one of
Competition from an Indian state-run monopoly, which gets its coal mines free, may stymie Prime Minister Narendra Modi's efforts to attract
The Environment Ministry of India gave its clearance to ten coal mining projects with an annual capacity of 160Mtpa. Four washeries, which can
"Western coal-producing states face a looming dilemma, and the costs
Illegal coal mining in Meghalaya has come as a boon to cement factories and captive power plants as they allegedly did not have to pay royalty
On Friday, James Brokenshire, the minister for communities and local government, will start examining whether to allow a local coal mining
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration says coal-mining related deaths have reached a record low in
ULAANBAATAR -- The Mongolian state company controlling one of the world's largest coal mines plans to raise up to $3 billion in a public
The Illinois Basin appears poised to welcome a second major new underground coal mine with the decision by Blankenberger Brothers to start
Cerrejon's offer is above the 4.09% inflation for last year, but Amaya said its offer does not meet union expectations given strong coal prices in recent months. If union members vote to strike, the stoppage could begin three days after. The last strike in Cerrejon, which produces coal at its open pit mine in La
Open pit coal mines have become a major political issue in Germany, which still relies on coal for about 40 percent of its energy needs despite pledges to move to cleaner energy sources to meet climate change commitments. Some 25 percent of energy needs are met by power plants fired by high-polluting
Immerath and its church have been doomed since 2013, when Germany's constitutional court found that there was an overwhelming public interest in allowing energy firm RWE to expand its nearby Garzweiler open-cast brown coal mine. Almost all the 900 villagers have long since quit their homes, among
BOGOTA - Production and exports at Cerrejon, Colombia's largest thermal coal mine, fell in 2017 for the third straight year as heavy rainfall affected operations, the mine's owners said on Wednesday. Output reached 31.9-million tonnes in 2017, 0.3% below the previous year. Exports totalled 31.7-million