In an early scene from the Oscar-winning “Harlan County U.S.A.,” a piece of technology is shown swallowing coal miners by the dozen. One after the other, we see helmeted workers merge their prone ...

Wellmore Energy Co., a metallurgical coal mining company, plans to lay off 72 workers in Buchanan County, according to notices sent to the state in compliance with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining ...

Climate activists worry about the high-energy demand for bitcoin mining. A once-dormant power plant is humming with activity outside Pittsburgh as thousands of miners work 24 hours a day. The miners ...

When Emmanuel Siyabonga was a boy, he wasn't fussy about the type of job he wanted when he grew up. Other boys dreamed of being footballers, doctors, soldiers. All Siyabonga wanted, he says, was a job ...

Justin Vellucci Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024 5:55 a.m. | Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024 5:55 a.m. Coal mining’s roots in the Pittsburgh area run deeper than the foundations of American democracy. Since the mid-1700s, ...