South Africa is among the world's top producers of coal, which fires about 80 percent of the country’s electricity.

Former miner Dave Drury, who started work at Welbeck Colliery in Mansfield when he was 16, watched the Budget at his pub, the ...

A new federal rule aimed at reducing coal miners’ exposure to silica dust, a leading cause of black lung disease, has been put on delay until August. (Getty Images) As President Donald Trump signed ...

Earlier this year, West Virginia-based reporter Margie Mason set out to show how the Trump administration’s dismantling of the National Institute for ...

Deep in the hills of West Virginia, coal mining and the dangers that come with it have been a part of families’ lives for ...

In one of Morocco's impoverished coal towns, illegal miners continue to risk their lives to make ends meet. In an exclusive ...

OAK HILL, West Virginia (Reuters) - Josh Cochran worked deep in the coal mines of West Virginia since he was 22 years old, pulling a six-figure salary that allowed him to buy a home with his wife ...

QUETTA: Two miners were killed when a landslide struck a coal mine in the Sorranj area on the outskirts of Quetta.

Two miners were killed after a landslide collapsed a coal mine near Quetta, prompting authorities to seal the site and launch ...

Budget news that the Chancellor will release surplus pension fund money to miners is bittersweet, says a North East lawyer ...

The untold story of big money, black lung and doctors for the coal companies. Oct. 29, 2013 — -- For an increasing number of America's coal miners, the sunset on a career spent underground is ...