Uttarakhand, in the past one year, has seen two major natural and mann-made environmental crisis. The first was in November 2024 when 41 workers were trapped for over 400 hours under 60 metres of ...

Chesterfield County has a rich coal mining history, but most of it is buried in the ground. On Thursday, though, the county gained a visible symbol of its heritage. A 35-foot wooden reproduction ...

News Alberta Old Coal Mines Near Crowsnest Pass Are Still Killing Fish A new study warns against new mines in the area, finding toxic selenium pollution persists for decades.

The Department of the Interior Friday announced approval of a mining plan modification for Bull Mountains coal mine in Montana. It authorizes Signal Peak Energy, LLC to mine roughly 22.8 million ...

President Donald Trump has been adamant in voicing support for coal mining. From his first campaign, he has talked a lot about the importance of the industry as a domestic energy source. There’s ...

Old coal mines on the eastern slopes of the Alberta Rockies are leaching chemicals that ... Jun 06, 2025 4:21 PM EDT | Last Updated: June 6. Grassy Mountain, pictured in ... Top stories from CBC ...

The earliest documented form of mining there dates back to around 1204. It was called Bell pit mining and would have involved digging out the surface coal down as far as about 30 feet.

CALGARY — Old coal mines on the eastern slopes of the Alberta Rockies are leaching chemicals that are poisoning the fish downstream, says a new study by Alberta government scientists.

Most demand for coal in the world’s fifth-largest economy is met by local production, mainly by Coal India. The company has 310 mines operating across the country, supplying about three-quarters ...

Spot gold rose 0.4% to $3,324.21 an ounce as of 11:20 a.m. ET, after dropping below the $3,300 level earlier in the session. US gold futures fell 0.1% to $3,343.40 per ounce.

Deep cuts Miners have long faced grave health threats. Between 1900 and 1960, cave-ins, explosions, other disasters and mining accidents killed nearly 100,000 coal miners on the job.