Victorian coal mine operators will have to comply with tough new regulations aimed at reducing the risk of fire in the wake of last year's Hazelwood mine blaze. The fire burned for 45 days and covered the nearby town of…
Three people have been killed in an explosion at a mine in the Ural Mountains, in a blast that investigators believe was caused by an accidental detonation of mining explosives. Two other miners were hospitalized with injuries following the explosion…
BOGOTA – Three miners died and one was injured in a blast at a mine near Angelopolis, in northwestern Colombia, local press reports said. The explosion took place due to methane gas accumulation and there were 85 people working in…
A fire sparked by underground tremors tore through a coal mine in northeastern China early Wednesday, killing 26 miners and leaving several others with life-threatening injuries, state media reported. Another 50 miners were injured in the disaster, which broke out…
Ex-coal company chief executive Don Blankenship pleaded not guilty Thursday to conspiracy and other charges in the deadliest U.S. mine accident in four decades. It was the first appearance in federal court for the former Massey Energy CEO since he…
Chinese authorities have confirmed the deaths of 21 missing miners who were trapped in an August mine collapse in eastern China, bringing the death toll to 27, state media reported Wednesday. The official Xinhua News Agency said an explosion ripped…
Chinese authorities have confirmed the deaths of 21 missing miners who were trapped in an August mine collapse in eastern China, bringing the death toll to 27, state media reported Wednesday. The official Xinhua News Agency said an explosion ripped…
The operating manager of the coal mine where 18 miners were trapped due to flooded water has said they measured the content of the leaked water inside the mine by “tasting” it, while five people including the operating manager were…
The owners of a New Zealand coal mine where the bodies of 29 workers remain entombed after a methane-fueled explosion four years ago, said they won't go back into the mine because it remains too dangerous. The announcement by state-owned…
Prosecutors have demanded life imprisonment for eight executives of a coal mine company in Turkey operating a facility where 301 workers were killed in May in the country's worst mining accident, media reported on Wednesday. Prosecutors in the western city…
