Federal regulators have brought a complaint against a zinc mining company, claiming that an employee in Tennessee was illegally fired...
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Underground coal mines will ramp up testing for the dust that causes breathing problems and leads to black lung disease...
New federal rules that labor officials say could save lives at dangerous mining sites have survived a court challenge from...
More than a dozen coal companies, including a unit of Patriot Coal Corp., challenged a new federal mine-safety regulation aimed...
The Obama administration ordered a 25 percent cut in the levels of coal dust in U.S. mines to reduce deadly...
With five coal mining fatalities in West Virginia so far this year, Democratic U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall is renewing his...
Labor Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announced a final rule to strengthen safety in the nation’s most dangerous mines....
Federal regulators are issuing a final set of rules for underground coal mine examinations that aim to hold operators more...