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Underground Coal Mine Collapse Injured 3 in Montana

Three workers were injured when part of an underground coal mine with a history of safety violations collapsed in southern Montana, authorities said Wednesday. The miners were about a mile inside Signal Peak Energy’s Bull Mountain Mine when the area …

Nevada Mine Cited for Major Safety Violation in Worker Death

Federal investigators cited a Nevada gold mine for safety violations in the death of an underground worker, including inadequate inspections and a defective rearview camera on the truck she backed into a deep hole before crashing to the mine floor. …

Explosion at Coking Coal Mine in Poland Kills at Least 5 People

The death toll from methane explosions at Pniowek mine in southern Poland climbed to five after rescue workers recovered a body of another miner trapped in a blast. The accident could have affected as many as 42 people, who were …

Australian Court Overturns Ruling Requiring Mine Regulator to Weigh Climate Harm to Children

An Australian court on Tuesday overturned a groundbreaking ruling from last year that required the country’s environment minister to consider harm to children from climate change as part of the approval process for a coal mine. The full Federal Court …

Roof Collapse at Pennsylvania Stone Mine Kills Worker

LAKE LYNN, Pa. —The roof of a stone mine in southwestern Pennsylvania collapsed, killing one worker, authorities said. The collapse was reported Friday afternoon at Laurel Aggregates’ Lake Lynn Mine in Springhill Township, Fayette County, the state Department of Environmental …

Inspector General Urges Mine Safety Agency to Tighten Silica Dust Rules for Miners

The inspector general for the U.S. Department of Labor is urging the government’s mine safety agency to tighten restrictions on a dangerous substance that is inhaled by coal miners. A report from the inspector general’s office said the Mine Safety …

Global Mining Standard Omits Ban on Upstream Dams Sought by Civil Groups

A sweeping global standard that sets out how the world’s largest miners care for waste dams falls short of measures environmental and civil society groups say are needed to avert future disasters, according to a copy of the final draft …

Before Ambush, Burkina Faso Mine Workers Sought More Transport Protection: Reuters

Five months before an ambush killed 39 colleagues, local workers at a Canadian-owned gold mine in Burkina Faso pleaded with managers to fly them to the site rather than go by a road that was prone to attacks, two people …

Miners Tell Trump Silica Dust Rule ‘Desperately’ Needed to Curb Black Lung Disease

The head of the national coal miners’ union on Thursday urged the Trump administration to impose regulation on silica dust in mines, which researchers believe is responsible for a resurgence of black lung disease in central Appalachia. The demand from …

West Virginia Gov Makes 3 Appointments to Miners’ Health Safety Office

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has made three appointments to the state’s Office of Miners’ Health Safety and Training. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that Justice said in a news release that he appointed Eugene White to replace the retiring Greg …