The death toll from a Feb 5 coal mine explosion in Meghalaya has risen to 30 with three more workers succumbing to their injuries. Two mine owners have been arrested as the Meghalaya CM announced a ...

A memorial in honor of the 12 Sago miners who lost their lives was placed by the historic Covered Bridge in Philippi. Three of the men who died in the accident were from Barbour County. (Photo ...

Church leaders have mourned the death of 31 people in a recent coal mine explosion in the Christian-majority Meghalaya state in northeast India. At least 31 people are dead, and 10 were injured, said ...

It is now 15 days since an explosion killed two workers and left a third seriously injured at Polymetals Resources’ Endeavor silver, zinc and lead mine in Cobar, far west New South Wales (NSW). Little ...

November 19 marked 15 years since an explosion ripped through the underground Pike River Coal mine on the remote West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island. Twenty-nine workers were trapped in the mine.

One month ago, on September 8, approximately 800,000 tons of mud slid into an underground portion of the Grasberg mine. Located in Indonesia, this is one of the world’s largest copper mines.

A dozen West Virginians lost their lives in one of the state’s worst coal mining disasters 20 years ago. The Sago Mine disaster would serve as a catalyst for changes in mine safety law, but its ...

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 ...

Thirty killed in Feb. 5 blast at an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills, reviving concerns over unsafe, unregulated mining.