The in-depth story of 2010's Copiapó mining accident ("Chilean mining accident") and mine rescue in the Atacama Desert's San José mine. August 5, 2010. Luis Urzua, the mine supervisor, took his crew ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –A new documentary produced by WCHS-TV aims to explore the Coal Mine Wars, with a focus on the Battle of Blair Mountain. The first part of the documentary aired Wednesday night on ...

A bulldozer pushes mine cars toward the river in an attempt to dam the breach at the Knox Mine. (LUKASIK STUDIO ARCHIVES) Deacon Francis Bradigan anoints the Knox Mine Disaster memorial during a past ...

These are the real heroes we should look up to. As a West Virginia native, I grew up around coal mining. I still remember when my grandparents had a coal house in their garage, and seeing my grandpa ...

When 29-year-old Norbert Amoya went to fetch water from a river in northern Zambia earlier this year, he found large numbers ...

BARRACKVILLE — When Barrackville community leaders began putting together a memorial for victims of the town's mine disasters in March, Diana Marple thought it would take five years of $1,000 ...

A tragedy in a coal mine in the northeastern Indian state of Assam has turned the spotlight once again on the illegal practice of rat-hole mining, which thrives in the region despite a ban by the ...

The three "coal ash grannies" want the 22 million cubic yards of coal ash to be removed from its spot adjacent to the Mobile River.