President Donald Trump's return to office could bring some temporary relief to the beleaguered U.S. coal industry.

The Russian government is stepping in to help the industry hit by falling exports, sanctions and infrastructure challenges.

There are 206 coal-burning power plants left in the United States, which supply about 16 percent of the country’s energy.

Advocates say mining would create jobs and help the economy; opponents say mining will pollute the precious boundary waters.

President Donald Trump encouraged coal as a viable source of U.S. power during a video address on Thursday to the World Economic Forum in ...

They were still searching for a third miner trapped after hundreds of tons of the slurry tumbled into the tunnels of the mine, part of the state-owned Holding Slovenske Elektrarne Group, on Monday ...

said the incident resulted from non-implementation of mining regulations by the owner of coal mines and blamed officials at the mines department for the incident. Kakar demanded strict action ...

The joint rescue team recovered a third body from the flooded rat-hole coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district. Earlier, two other bodies were retrieved, and eight miners are still trapped.

The BLS estimates that by December of 2024, that figure had dropped to 42,600. The number of U.S. coal mining industry jobs have been declining for many years. In January of 1986, 169,700 people ...

He demanded strict action against the owner of the coal mine and the responsible officials at the mines department. On Thursday, all twelve coal miners were feared dead after a gas explosion at ...

Sadly, another mineworker passed away from the injuries he sustained during a rockfall at Blyvoor Gold mine on Thursday. The death has been confirmed by the police in Carletonville. Luckily only ...

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — At least three miners have died after a methane gas explosion caused a coal mine to collapse in a remote area of southwest Pakistan, officials said Friday, as authorities ...