Mining News
Explore the newest/trending Mining content.
Mining Alerts
Subscribe for automatic Mining alerts, sent straight to your inbox.
Latest Mining Stories
US Steel Sued for Pregnancy Discrimination at Minnesota Mine
Dec 24 2025 // U.S. Steel, a multinational steel and iron mining company, violated federal law when it failed to provide an employee with a reasonable accommodation for her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Climate Change Is Straining Alaska’s Arctic; a Mining Road May Push it Past the Brink
Dec 12 2025 // Ice blocks drift past Tristen Pattee’s boat as he scans the banks of Northwest Alaska’s Kobuk River for caribou. His great uncle Ernest steadies a rifle on his lap. It’s the last day of September, and by...
South Dakota Legislators Plan Bills to Help Residents in Fight Over Limestone Mine
Dec 5 2025 // Three lawmakers who represent Piedmont, South Dakota, hope to change weak state mining laws that allowed a proposed limestone mine to be sited without notification or input by any local officials or residents. The plan by...
Coal Miners With Black Lung Say Government Is Suffocating The ‘Working Man’
Nov 17 2025 // Lisa Emery loves to talk about her “boys.” With each word, the respiratory therapist’s face softens and shines with pride. But keep her talking, and it doesn’t take long for that passion to switch...
Coal Miners’ Respirator Claims Barred by Statute of Limitations, WV Supreme Court Finds
Nov 14 2025 // A group of coal miners with lung disease waited too late to sue 3M Corp. and other respirator manufacturers and suppliers, the Supreme Court of West Virginia said this month in upholding lower courts’ findings that...
West Virginia Coal Miner Found Dead in Flooded Mine
Nov 13 2025 // The body of a coal miner was found inside a mine in southern West Virginia, four days after the stretch of mine was flooded when crews hit an unexpected pocket of water, officials said. It’s the third death this year...
Our best content, delivered to your inbox
Get the insurance industry's trusted newsletter
