When Patriot Coal filed for bankruptcy in July, it cited obligations to union members among its hurdles, obligations the miners depend on daily.

LOGAN, W.Va. — On Sunday morning in churches throughout the Mountain State, prayers for the smarting coal industry were offered in a statewide effort instituted by Citizens of Coal. President ...

This past week I wrote a story on a Frackville man who is allowing Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine & Steam Train in Ashland to display a very special item created by his mother for his father on their ...

The average starting salary for a coal mine worker is $60,000. "You can come right out of high school and make $70,000 a year," said Missy Perdue, 22, a stay-at-home mother whose husband, Jeff ...

The Mexican Bishops’ Conference assured the “prayers and solace” of the Catholic Church for the families of miners trapped in coal mines Aug. 3, praying they “may return safe and sound to ...

Global commodity bulls might want to think of setting up a temple to Indian officials. On Monday, India's top court declared illegal the 200-odd licenses for coal mines that the government had ...

President Obama’s eulogy for the West Virginia coal miners, ... They knew there were risks, and so did their families. They knew their kids would say a prayer at night before they left.

SOMERSET, Pa. -- Nine miners who spent more than three days in a flooded coal mine 240 feet underground joined hundreds of people at a church service Sunday night to give thanks for their rescue a ...

James Bounds, a retired coal miner from Oak Hill, W.Va., said nothing can be done to reverse the debilitating illness he was diagnosed with at age 37 in 1984.

A similar coal mine explosion in Iran in 2017 killed 42 people and injured at least 75 others. The mine in Tabas, located about 340 miles from Tehran, is owned and operated by Madanjoo Company.