BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — West Virginia-based Allegheny Metallurgical forecasts the creation of new high-paying jobs after powering ...

Score one for King Coal in northern Appalachia. Today’s boom in the coalfields of southwestern Pennsylvania — where the 42.7 million tons extracted in 2007 fetches double its price ($111 a ton) of ...

Much has been made about the Bush administration’s 11th hour repeal of a key rule meant to keep coal-slurry waste out of Appalachian streams — a repeal that went into effect this month. But check out ...

The rubble of W.M. Griffice’s home after an explosion above a longwall coal mine on March 8, 2024, in Oak Grove, Ala. (Courtesy of the Alabama Fire Marshal’s Office) This article originally appeared ...

The pink livery of the McGrath Foundation for breast cancer will be seen underground at the coal face after Helensburgh miner Peabody added a splash of colour to its new longwall mining machine and ...

Mindset Mining Consultants MD Alan Gissing and senior mining engineer Ronnie van Eeden discuss a recently completed longwall mining feasibility study conducted for energy and chemicals company Sasol.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) issued the final rule permitting the use of high-voltage longwall mining equipment in underground coal mines. Applicable to longwall equipment that ...