Balochistan is currently facing a series of coal mine accidents, alongside a rise in poppy cultivation, which has sparked concerns among both residents and lawmakers. The grim reality persists for ...

FUXIN, China – Rescuers searching for miners trapped by a coal mine explosion in northeast China (search) found six more bodies early Wednesday, bringing the death toll in the country's worst mining ...

On May 11, 1910, a coal mine in Whitehaven, England, became the site of one of the region’s deadliest disasters. The Wellington Pit explosion caught miners off guard - and only a few would make it out ...

To the Point The Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster Twenty-five people are dead and four others are missing in America's worst coal mining disaster in 25 years. As miners' families struggle with their ...

TALLMANSVILLE, W.Va. (AP) -- Most of the 13 coal miners trapped in an explosion apparently survived the blast itself, retreated deeper into the mine and hung up a curtain-like barrier to keep out ...

A gas explosion in a coal shaft in China killed at least 19 miners Thursday, marking one of the largest disasters this year, the Xinhua news agency reported. Twenty-eight others have also been ...

TALLMANSVILLE, W.Va. - Rescue workers hampered by debris and pockets of deadly carbon monoxide struggled through the night Monday to reach 13 coal miners trapped a mile underground by a powerful mine ...

SANTIAGO, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Copper production from Chilean state-run miner Codelco tumbled 25% in August, data from copper commission Cochilco showed on Thursday, after a deadly collapse stunted ...

Veteran coal miner and crew leader Steve Lipscomb, 38, was found dead in the Rolling Thunder mine at 7:30am on Thursday, five ...

Scientists who work to prevent mine disasters and the spread of disease among miners face looming cuts under the Trump administration. Federal scientists and engineers working to prevent deadly ...