Judge Orders Restoration of Health Program for West Virginia Coal Miners May 16, 2025 By John Raby A judge on Tuesday ordered the restoration of a health monitoring program for coal miners in West Virginia and rescinded...
Manager Who Operated Crane Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter in Quarry Worker’s Death April 29, 2024 An upstate New York court last week accepted a mine manager’s guilty plea to manslaughter in the second degree over...
Underground Coal Mine Collapse Injured 3 in Montana March 3, 2023 Three workers were injured when part of an underground coal mine with a history of safety violations collapsed in southern...
Nevada Mine Cited for Major Safety Violation in Worker Death February 14, 2023 By Scott Sonner Federal investigators cited a Nevada gold mine for safety violations in the death of an underground worker, including inadequate inspections...
Explosion at Coking Coal Mine in Poland Kills at Least 5 People April 20, 2022 By Maciej Martewicz The death toll from methane explosions at Pniowek mine in southern Poland climbed to five after rescue workers recovered a...
Australian Court Overturns Ruling Requiring Mine Regulator to Weigh Climate Harm to Children March 15, 2022 By Sonali Paul An Australian court on Tuesday overturned a groundbreaking ruling from last year that required the country’s environment minister to consider...
Roof Collapse at Pennsylvania Stone Mine Kills Worker January 10, 2022 LAKE LYNN, Pa. —The roof of a stone mine in southwestern Pennsylvania collapsed, killing one worker, authorities said. The collapse...
Inspector General Urges Mine Safety Agency to Tighten Silica Dust Rules for Miners December 4, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson The inspector general for the U.S. Department of Labor is urging the government’s mine safety agency to tighten restrictions on...
Global Mining Standard Omits Ban on Upstream Dams Sought by Civil Groups June 25, 2020 A sweeping global standard that sets out how the world’s largest miners care for waste dams falls short of measures...
Before Ambush, Burkina Faso Mine Workers Sought More Transport Protection: Reuters November 19, 2019 By Edward McAllister Five months before an ambush killed 39 colleagues, local workers at a Canadian-owned gold mine in Burkina Faso pleaded with...