Reasons to be Cheerful explains how "gravity batteries" are giving former mines a second life—while offering an economic and ...

The mine walls near the entrance are sprayed with fire-resistant shotcrete ... There, they will spend eight-hour shifts operating shearers and other state-of-the-art equipment to cut coal from the ...

HICKS: So you worked in coal mines for more than 30 years and ... And you were still there at the mine entrance when rescuers started pulling guys out, right? What was that like for you?

The company will mine metallurgical coal, but an environmental group worries the project will exacerbate mine drainage problems in the Laurel Highlands.

Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum visited two Warrior Met mines to emphasize the administration’s commitment to lifting ...

Retired coal miner Stanley "Goose" Stewart ... to 29 miners killed in a 2010 explosion stands at the entrance to the Upper Big Branch mine in Montcoal, W.Va., Dec. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/John Raby ...

Avondale Colliery had only one entrance and exit ... such as an 1891 law demanding minimum ventilation requirements for coal mines and a minimum employment age of 12, as well as the Federal ...

After nearly four decades working in underground coal mines, Carter was diagnosed with black lung, a deadly and incurable disease caused by inhaling coal dust over a long period. Now, the 70-year ...

Five miners died on Monday and four were injured in an accident in a coal mine in the northern Spanish region of Asturias, the regional emergency services said. Two more workers were unharmed.

From Europe to North America, an energy revolution is breathing new life into empty, long-forgotten coal mine shafts—by repurposing them into places to store renewable energy. Using “gravity ...