The closure of Cannock No 8 pit in 1962 marked the beginning of the end of mining in the Midlands. Hamstead Colliery, on the ...

Early indications suggest blast in Asturias region was caused by firedamp, a term referring to methane forming an explosive ...

Underground tours exploring coal mining in West Yorkshire have resumed, after being halted for more than three months to ...

Agecroft Colliery provided power to thousands, but few miners remain to tell the story of their experiences in the pit.

I n Shuozhou, a nondescript city of 1.6m people in northern China’s Shanxi province, the veins of the local economy run black ...

Stanley “Goose” Stewart, who survived the Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster that killed 29 workers 15 years ago Saturday, ...

The federal government wants the number of offices that oversee U.S. mine safety laws to align more with a shrinking coal ...

After nearly a year on strike between 1984 and 1985 most of the country’s miners returned to work with heads held high on ...

For the Bristol City Council leader is to leave behind the troubles of Bristol in 2025 for one afternoon and lead a guided ...

MADRID (Reuters) -Five miners died on Monday and four were injured in an accident in a coal mine in the northern Spanish region of Asturias, the regional emergency services said. Two more workers ...