Latest Mining Headlines
All the headlines from our Mining Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ky. Miner, Widows Ask Administration to Make Seal Rule Permanent
Jul 16 2007 // The seals in the underground Kentucky mine were supposed to block explosive gases, but they are weak, cracked, damaged – allowing water to gush through them. The disturbing images on the home movie were presented...
FBI Data Mining Targets Include Insurance Fraud Suspects
Jul 12 2007 // The FBI is gathering and sorting information about Americans to help search for potential terrorists, insurance cheats and crooked pharmacists, according to a government report. Records about identity thefts, real estate...
Tri-Star Mining Cited in April Deaths of Two Maryland Coal Miners
Jul 11 2007 // Federal mining regulators cited a western Maryland coal operator Monday for failing to ensure the safety of two workers who died when the side of an open-pit mine collapsed in April, burying the men beneath 93,000 tons of...
MSHA Announces Plans to Improve W. Va. Mine Inspections
Jul 6 2007 // Federal inspectors missed obvious problems and failed to follow procedures at the Sago Mine in West Virginia and two other underground coal mines where 19 men died in high-profile accidents last year, the Mine Safety and...
U.S. Mine Agency Admits Shortcomings, Vows Safety Steps
Jul 5 2007 // Federal inspectors missed obvious problems and failed to follow procedures before three high-profile accidents that killed 19 men at underground coal mines in West Virginia and Kentucky last year, according to the Mine...
West Va. worries about mine inspector shortage
Jul 2 2007 // West Virginia is looking for a few good mine inspectors, but the state’s safety chief doesn’t know where they’ll come from. Ron Wooten, director of the state Office of Miners’ Health Safety and...
Democrats in Congress Propose Major Mine Safety Legislation
Jun 21 2007 // A ban on using so-called belt air ventilation is among numerous provisions in sweeping coal mine safety legislation introduced in the U.S. House this week. Other provisions would speed the installation of better...
W. Va. Mine Safety Chief Worries About Shortage of Inspectors
Jun 5 2007 // West Virginia is looking for a few good mine inspectors, but the state’s safety chief doesn’t know where they’ll come from. Ron Wooten, director of the state Office of Miners’ Health Safety and...
Widows, Survivor of Explosion Sue Ky. Mine Owner, Pa. Company
May 23 2007 // A mine supervisor and a coal company put production over safety prior to an underground explosion last year that killed five miners, relatives and the sole survivor alleged Monday in a lawsuit. The lawsuit cited numerous...
Federal Officials Fine Ky. Mine Operator for Safety Violations
May 15 2007 // A southeastern Kentucky coal mine operator was fined $761,000 by federal regulators for safety violations found during a recent inspection. Stillhouse Mining LLC, an operator in Harlan County, was fined for four...
U.S. Officials: Lightning Likely Cause of Deadly W. Va. Sago Mine Blast
May 11 2007 // One or more lightning strikes likely caused an electrical current in a cable left deep inside the Sago Mine and touched off the methane blast blamed for the deaths of 12 coal miners last year, the federal Mine Safety and...
Feds to Unveil Conclusions on W. Va. Sago Mine Disaster
May 10 2007 // Federal investigators will issue their report Wednesday on the Sago Mine disaster, which killed 12 West Virginia coal miners in a January 2006 explosion and prolonged entrapment underground. Mine Safety and Health...
Mountaintop Mining Becomes Issue in Kentucky Governor’s Race
May 10 2007 // Removing Kentucky mountaintops in search of coal is a noisy, jarring process. Warning sirens blare, followed by massive explosions that shake the earth and propel broken rocks skyward. Bulldozers rumble across parched...
U.S. probes 2005 W. Va. mine death
May 7 2007 // The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration has decided to investigate a fatal 2005 West Virginia coal truck accident after all. MSHA and the state Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training did not...
N.Y. Family Sues Mine, Claiming Deaths Caused by Talc Exposure
May 2 2007 // Relatives of a 67-year-old man from upstate New York have filed a lawsuit against a mining company after he became the third family member to die from a rare cancer he allegedly contracted from exposure to asbestos-tainted...
W. Va. Hosts International Mining Health and Safety Symposium
Apr 26 2007 // Representatives of the coal industry, labor, government, academia as well as technology innovators and equipment manufacturers are expected to attend the second annual International Mining Health and Safety Symposium in...
Investigations Begin into Fatal Western Md. Mine Collapse
Apr 26 2007 // The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration has launched a formal investigation into last week’s accident in a Maryland open pit coal mine that killed two men. “We evaluate all aspects of the mine...
U.S. to Probe 2005 W. Va. Mine Death
Apr 24 2007 // The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration has decided to investigate a fatal 2005 West Virginia coal truck accident after all. MSHA and the state Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training did not...
Winn & Co. Hires Miner for P/C Team
Apr 17 2007 // Craig Miner has joined the Property Casualty Team of Winn & Co. based in Hollister, California. His primary focus will be in sales and client retention. Prior to joining Winn, Miner worked at a regional brokerage firm...
W. Va.: Mine Owners Seek Court Review of U.S. Air Requirements
Apr 13 2007 // The National Mining Association has asked a federal court to throw out a federal requirement that underground coal mines provide enough breathable air to keep trapped miners alive until they’re rescued. The...
