Indonesia will review mining operations after claims that poor practices worsened the deadly floods that devastated Sumatra.

In the wake of the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan shut down all of its nuclear power stations. Fifteen years on, the ...

From the "10 cooperation plans," "eight major initiatives," and "nine programs" to the "10 partnership actions," solid ...

As South Africa transitions to a low-carbon economy, independent business movement the National Business Initiative (NBI) ...

Indiana leaders gathered Thursday to consider how the state could mine its ample coal waste for the rare earth elements key to modern technology — in a bid to boost domestic production and break China ...

Indiana leaders gathered this week to consider how the state could mine its ample coal waste for the rare earth elements key to modern technology – in a bid to boost domestic production and break ...

A coal miner from Kanawha County missing since Saturday following a flooding incident at the Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc.-controlled Rolling Thunder coal mine in Nicholas County, has been found ...

West Virginia's governor says the search for a trapped worker inside a flooded coal mine remains a rescue operation Crews desperately continued removing massive amounts of water in an effort to locate ...

A massive search operation continued Wednesday in West Virginia, where officials said crews were "working around the clock" and continuing "aggressive" efforts to locate a missing coal miner who ...

Emergency responders were hoping to use an underwater drone Sunday to reach a miner trapped deep inside a flooded West Virginia coal mine, authorities said. A mining crew hit an unknown pocket of ...

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Coal mining remains a critical but perilous sector, responsible for energy security yet marred by recurrent disasters involving gas explosions, fires, flooding, roof collapses, and coal-dust hazards.