Last September, in the arid hills of northern Nevada, a cluster of flowers found nowhere else on earth died mysteriously...
Mines News
The number of mine injuries has been cut in the five months since Alpha Natural Resources bought Massey Energy, which...
Federal regulators are publishing a proposed rule this week that would require U.S. underground mines to install equipment which automatically...
Government figures show the U.S. coal industry remains well short of meeting a 5-year-old congressional mandate to equip underground mines...
According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration, federal inspectors issued 166 citations and orders during...