Government ‘must draw out lessons from Thatcher-era coal pit closures’ - Tory MP David Simmonds urged the Government to learn ...

Once the dominant source of energy in the United States, today, 401 coal units supply roughly 16 percent of the nation’s grid ...

A Boone County coal mine had a long history of safety and environmental violations leading up to a miner death there last ...

2:10 Political analyst doubts impact of Alberta coal mining protests “The facts speak for themselves,” said protester Laura Laing. “To us the answer is pretty straight forward.

Forensic service workers carry bodies in blue body bags during a rescue operation to rescue miners from below ground in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, Wednesday, Jan. 15 ...

A December report by the Minerals Council SA shows coal mining input costs rising at just 2.7% in November 2024 compared with the same month in 2023. This was below other commodity producers such ...

South Africa’s government is facing criticism for its clampdown on illegal mining that cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground, after at least 78 bodies were pulled from a shaft ...

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President-elect Donald Trump’s pre-emptive tariff threat several weeks ago against the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, among others) who want to usurp the U.S. dollar ...

At least 78 dead bodies have been removed from an abandoned South African gold mine in the country's north-east, according to local police. The recoveries come months after the miners, who ...

The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, where at least 109 men have died, a group representing the miners ...