LONDON — A six-week public consultation launched on Friday will help set global standards to improve mining safety, aiming to prevent any repeat of the Vale tailings dam disaster in Brazil that killed 300 people in January. Tailings dams are …
The number of coal miners killed on the job in Kentucky fell to four in 2012, down from eight the previous year when the state led the nation in fatalities. Kentucky Coal Association President Bill Bissett said Monday the industry …
The fourth annual KEMI Mine Safety & Training Competition held earlier this month in Pikeville, Kentucky featured more than 500 coal miners from Alabama, Illinois, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. The event, hosted by Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance, …