The owner of Montana’s largest coal mine is suing BNSF after a year of shipment struggles that Navajo Transitional Energy Company alleged resulted in millions of dollars lost NTEC, owner of ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala.—When Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum visited two Warrior Met coal mines in central Alabama last week, he said he was emphasizing the administration’s commitment to ...

The permanent full-time employees’ salaries range from $86,189 to $107,345 annually, and are dependent on an exam based on the Anthracite Coal Mine Act No. 346. The test — expected to be ...

In the Loess Plateau in China’s Shaanxi province, where coal mining has long been synonymous with back-breaking labour and perilous conditions, the Dahaize Mine is rewriting the rules of the ...

The Spring Creek Coal Mine is already the largest in Montana and will get the expansion it has been seeking for more than 20 years. On Thursday, the Department of the Interior announced that the ...

Note to readers • This story was originally published by High Country News. In September, a coal mine reopened in Utah’s Coal Country. But the mine’s owner, Wolverine Fuels, couldn’t find ...

Among the workers is 36-year-old Iryna Ostanko, effusive and athletic, smiling at her fellow coal workers in the cold dawn as they walk to the mine, owned by DTEK, Ukraine's private energy supplier.

Stay informed about the West. High Country News’ weekly email newsletters keep you up-to-date with our latest news and investigations from across the region. In September, a coal mine reopened ...

The expansion, which is proposed to include the mining of federally owned coal, comes in the wake of a settlement over the company’s environmental record and as its mines continue to be cited by ...

An explosion in a coal mine in eastern Iran killed at least 33 workers and injured 17 others, officials said Sunday, marking one of the worst mining disasters in the country's history as others ...

An explosion caused by a methane leak at a coal mine in eastern Iran killed at least 51 people and injured 20, according to Iranian state media broadcasts Sunday. Images from the scene showed ...