July 15, 2012

Yallourn coal mine flood worsens

NEARLY six weeks after being flooded by the collapse of an artificial river bank, one of Australia's largest open cut coal mines continues to fill with water, limiting the operation…

July 15, 2012

Russians to invest $ 5.5 billion in Thar Coal

A Russian investor Kirsan Ilyumzhinov along with Chairman BOI, Saleem H. Mandviwalla called on President Asif Ali Zardari and showed his interest to invest $ 5.5 in Thar Coal project.

July 15, 2012

Coal mine disaster persists among victim families

The coal company that bought Massey mining is now trying to settle with families that lost loved ones to the disaster that is now two years old. This story is…

July 15, 2012

Meghalaya coal mine collapse: NDRF team returns, no bodies found

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team returned to the city on Friday after no body was found in the three-day rescue operation at the mine collapse site at Nagelbibra…

July 15, 2012

Four killed in wall collapse at east China mining company

Four people were killed when a hopper wall collapsed in a mining company in east China's Anhui province Sunday morning, local authorities said.

July 15, 2012

Money not the EPA is killing coal

NPR profiles coal workers in Webster Springs in the aftermath of the big layoff by Arch Coal, that gave notice to 750 workers in the region.

July 14, 2012

Coal train hits truck in South Africa, 24 dead

A coal train ploughed into a farm truck at a level crossing in South Africa on Friday, cutting it in half and killing 24 workers on their way to pick…

July 14, 2012

Company to pay $7 million for toxic coal spill

The Ohio Valley Coal Company plead guilty in U.S. District Court in Columbus to having spilled coal wastewater into a stream in Ohio.

July 13, 2012

Xstrata workers paint trucks blue to fight cancer

Workers at Xstrata's Mt. Owen coal mine in Australia painted their haul trucks blue in a crusade to raise awareness and funds for prostate cancer research.

July 13, 2012

Abandoned mineshafts could give modern Glaswegians heat

Glasgow residents could have a convenient and plentiful source of geothermal energy right beneath their feet, in the abandoned mineshafts and mining structures buried under the city’s streets.