A mine manager from Kentucky pleaded guilty last week to conspiring to cover up a fire and keep miners working despite the danger in an underground coal mine in southern Illinois. Timothy Brandon ...

MADISON, W.Va. — Emory “Curly” Carter sometimes feels like he can’t breathe. Household chores, such as cleaning and gardening, leave him gasping for air, making him feel like he has a “real bad” case ...

Crews tearing apart a 1.5-acre pile of coal mine refuse that has been smoldering for two decades recently uncovered a section which measured 300 degrees Fahrenheit. The Corley Mine Surface Burn ...

In 1959, miners in Pennsylvania faced a nightmare when the Susquehanna River broke into an underground coal mine. Water rushed in, trapping workers and destroying the industry in the region. This ...

South Wales' abandoned coal mines could hold the key to greener heating across the U.K. Scientists from Aberystwyth University have mapped the microbes that thrive in the mines. These tiny organisms ...

A former underground coal miner who escaped a major explosion and watched his colleagues emerge severely burnt is suing Anglo Coal for more than $1 million in damages. Ryan Martin was working as a ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Twenty-three workers were rescued Wednesday after spending 43 hours trapped in a collapsed underground gold mine in northern Colombia. The miners were met with applause as they ...