A reported 25 miners died in work-related accidents at U.S. mines in 2016 – down from 29 in 2015 –...
Upper Big Branch explosion News
Coal industry groups from three states are arguing that the conviction of former coal executive Don Blankenship could unfairly expose...
Former Massey Energy CEO Donald Blankenship is headed to prison even as he appeals his conviction for conspiring to flout...
Former Massey Energy Co. Chief Executive Officer Donald Blankenship was warned about pervasive safety problems at his company’s mining operations...
Massey Energy executives used an advanced warning system at the company’s Upper Big Branch mine to alert workers as soon...
Before death came to Upper Big Branch Mine, Donald L. Blankenship managed his patch of Appalachia like King Coal incarnate....
Former Massey Energy Co. Chief Executive Officer Donald Blankenship, facing criminal trial over an April 2010 explosion that killed 29...
A former security chief convicted of lying to investigators about the 2010 explosion that killed 29 men at the Upper...