One week ago today, an explosion at Polymetals Resources’ Endeavor mine in Cobar, far west New South Wales (NSW), killed 59-year-old Ambrose Patrick McMullen and 24-year-old Holly Clarke and left ...

Between 2014 and 2024, Resources Safety & Health Queensland investigated 27 accidental mining related deaths. A study of published coroners court findings observed that from 2004 to 2024, there were ...

One miner said, “The people all the way up, that own the companies, don’t care that much. They’re just money-hungry and not ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Coal mining deaths surged in the U.S. in 2017, one year after they hit a record low. The nation's coal mines recorded 15 deaths last year, including eight in West Virginia.

A construction worker for a Nevada gold mining exploration project fell 800 feet to his death on the job in May, sparking an investigation from state mining safety regulators. Lon Shane Jarvis, 56, ...

Queensland has appointed a mining coroner to investigate deaths in the resources industry and deal with a backlog of inquests. Seven people have lost their lives at Queensland mine sites since 2022.

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) - The mining industry is on track for a low number of accidents and deaths again this year, and one of nation's newest Labor Department secretaries would like to keep it that way. ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Coal mining deaths surged in the U.S. in 2017, one year after they hit a record low. The nation’s coal mines recorded 15 deaths last year, including eight in West Virginia.

The number of mining fatalities in 2017 already is outpacing last year’s count as of the end of July, according to MSHA. Three separate accidents at different worksites bring the total number to 10 ...

ROGER ALFORD Associated Press Writer FRANKFORT, Ky. — The number of miners killed on the job in the United States fell to 51 in 2008, the fewest number of deaths since officials began keeping ...

NSW Premier Chris Minns has vowed to review the state’s mining safety standards after a deadly underground explosion in Cobar left two workers dead and another injured.

Federal mine safety regulators say 18 miners have been killed on the job nationwide so far this year. That's down slightly from 19 fatalities through the first half of 2012. The Mine Safety and Health ...